Pennsylvania Ag Secretary Advises Wheat Farmers With Crop Insurance to Sample Crops...

Pennsylvania Ag Secretary Advises Wheat Farmers With Crop Insurance to Sample
Crops For Mycotoxin
Recent Cool, Damp Conditions Could Lead to Low Yield, Low Quality Crop

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture Secretary
Dennis Wolff is urging Pennsylvania's wheat producers who suspect they may
have a low-yield or low-quality crop this year to contact their crop insurance
agent or adjuster immediately so that they can sample for the presence of a
mycotoxin that has affected grains in other states.

Wolff said Pennsylvania's cool and wet conditions this growing season have
created an environment where mycotoxins can thrive. The toxins are emitted
from certain fungi that remain from previous growing seasons.

"Wheat crops that farmers suspect could be compromised due to the wet growing
conditions must be sampled for mycotoxin by a crop insurance adjuster while
it's still in the field, to the extent possible," said Wolff. "This is a
necessary step for producers who have crop insurance to file a claim.

"PDA is working with federal and other state agriculture departments, as well
as flour producers and growers within the state to manage this situation,"
Wolff added.

For more information about crop insurance in Pennsylvania visit
www.agriculture.state.pa.us and click "Crop Insurance" under PDA Initiatives.

Contact:
Justin Fleming
717-787-5085

SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Justin Fleming of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, +1-717-787-5085