# Understanding Fusarium head blight in oat - Top Crop ManagerTop Crop Manager

> Researchers are studying Fusarium head blight in oats, which can reduce yield and quality when weather favours the disease, as in the Prairies in 2016. Surveys in Manitoba and Saskatchewan track the disease and test for mycotoxins that affect food and feed safety.

- Date: 2018-04-09 · published 2018-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65556-understanding-fusarium-head-blight-in-oat-top-crop-managertop-crop-manager
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Mycotoxin risk affects oat quality and feed-grade acceptance, but this is background research with no immediate supply shock.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2019-03-01 | [Managing disease in oat crops - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60139-managing-disease-in-oat-crops-grainews.md) | +1.6% | +5.1% |
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| OATS | 2017-02-27 | [Wheat disease risk sees farmers looking to oats \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72562-wheat-disease-risk-sees-farmers-looking-to-oats-farmtario.md) | +3.5% | -2.2% |
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| OATS | 2020-05-07 | [Oat diseases that affect your crop and what to do about them - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53183-oat-diseases-that-affect-your-crop-and-what-to-do-about-them-grainews.md) | +3.8% | +11.4% |

## Sources

- topcropmanager.com: https://www.topcropmanager.com/fusarium-head-blight-fighting-a-sly-foe-21163/

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