Fusarium has been a key issue in almost every area of the province this year.
The wet weather this year provided the right environmental conditions for a wide-spread problem with fusarium.
As a result, Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture is holding a series of producer information workshops to talk more about the disease and its impact.
One of those meetings was held in Swift Current on Tuesday.
Saskatchewan’s Cereal Specialist is Mitchell Japp:
"Specifically what the numbers are this year, I don't know if we have a real solid handle on it.
We had that crop report a number of weeks back where reports were indicating downgrading to fusarium fairly widespread across the province.
I think the only region that didn't comment on it on that particular report was the northwest" he said.
Reports show there are a number of producers with samples showing 2% fusarium or higher which means the quality grade for their crop is anywhere from a #3 to feed depending on the % of infection.
Source : Discoverestevan