The Fuz monster is here!

[sumdumguy]

Our durum isn't standing at attention anymore. It's semi prone. We'll take whatever we get and be thankful we stand on the most productive dirt in the world - sort of. All we need now is for the tap to turn off. SF3, those pictures that you posted are depressing. You must have found the worst spot with the youngest Canola.

[Guest]

If you never had it, is it really stolen?

no , it's all good tweety, up until 3 years ago a small amount of ergot was deadly . now it doesn't matter since they have fus to f$&k us on . you obviously never had to get your wheat color sorted or cleaned or take feed for ergot . yea I'm sure they had our best interests in mind

[WiltonRanch]

What does fuz infection look like? What are the tell tale signs.

[SASKFARMER3]

White mid top or odd spikelet and look deep see pink!

While head or borrow 5 spikelets fill 4 rows rest empty!

[WiltonRanch]

White mid top or odd spikelet and look deep see pink!

While head or borrow 5 spikelets fill 4 rows rest empty!

Thanks. The monster is around the area I hear so I want to know what to look for.

[hobbyfrmr]

While head or borrow 5 spikelets fill 4 rows rest empty!

I dont even understand this statement!!

[SASKFARMER3]

White head Or half head filled or spikelet has 4 rows with two blanks and pink!

[biglentil]

Grab a few heads bend em half seems to start in middle area it seems. Might be 1 fuzzy kernel or much worse when you can see pink at 100km/h. Grainco's love telling you its sample. It puts a shit eating grin on their face when you deliver for 3 bucks and they blend it off 8.

[sumdumguy]

In about 1976, our durum had a bit of ergot. Elevator said it was sample grade-not even marketable. The ergotty kernels were slightly larger and lighter than the good kernels so they cleaned out. Don't remember what grade it made after cleaning but never better than a #3. We then sold the etgot to a drug manufacturer in Winnipeg. That was the last durum we grew. Now I hear from Agrivillers that ergot is not an issue?

[hobbyfrmr]

Thank you. That is helpful.