Farms.com Home   News

Small Grains Disease and Pest Update 07/21/25 (and Preparing for Harvest)

It isn't hard to find Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) or Bacterial Leaf Streak (BLS) across much of Minnesota. 

BLS is appearing relatively late in the grainfill period, and yield losses caused by the disease will be relatively small.  

The same cannot be said for FHB, as the conditions continue to favor disease development. The best time to assess how many early infections occurred is probably this week.  These early infections result in the characteristic tumbstone kernels.

Source : umn.edu

Trending Video

A -50C day on the ranch

Video: A -50C day on the ranch

Well it's been COLD here in Manitoba and elsewhere. But not much likes working in these temperatures, whether you're man or beast. Let's get to feeding on this very frigid January day!