# Overview of 2016 grain harvest season, mycotoxin risks | Feed Strategy

> Neogen's 2016 Capstone Report links wet weather, drought and heat to mycotoxin contamination in US and Canadian grain. Confirmed reports of DON in wheat, barley and corn and aflatoxin in corn are listed across multiple states.

- Date: 2016-12-07 · published 2016-12-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73331-overview-of-2016-grain-harvest-season-mycotoxin-risks-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Mycotoxin contamination raises feed safety risk and can limit usable supply of corn and barley, supporting prices for clean grain.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-07-13 | [Strategy Grains lowers EU harvest estimates after heat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69902-strategy-grains-lowers-eu-harvest-estimates-after-heat.md) | +0.3% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2017-11-30 | [Paraná should harvest 23 million tons of grains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67826-parana-should-harvest-23-million-tons-of-grains.md) | +1.0% | +7.1% |
| CORN | 2022-02-28 | [Soybean Prices Rise as South American Drought Reduces Harvest \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14055-soybean-prices-rise-as-south-american-drought-reduces-harvest-feed-and-grain.md) | +10.4% | +14.4% |
| CORN | 2022-10-21 | [Unease ahead of 2023 grain harvest as record U.S. dryness spreads](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13320-unease-ahead-of-2023-grain-harvest-as-record-u-s-dryness-spreads.md) | -0.9% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2019-08-15 | [AccuWeather forecast warns of another soggy harvest season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57497-accuweather-forecast-warns-of-another-soggy-harvest-season.md) | +0.5% | -2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-07-13 | [Strategy Grains lowers EU harvest estimates after heat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69902-strategy-grains-lowers-eu-harvest-estimates-after-heat.md) | -1.8% | -1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-10-21 | [Unease ahead of 2023 grain harvest as record U.S. dryness spreads](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13320-unease-ahead-of-2023-grain-harvest-as-record-u-s-dryness-spreads.md) | -0.4% | +1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2018-10-04 | [Drought filled summer strains E.U. cereal harvest \| 2018-10-04  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62477-drought-filled-summer-strains-e-u-cereal-harvest-2018-10-04-world-grain.md) | -2.7% | +5.7% |

## Sources

- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/animal-feed-additives-ingredients/mycotoxin-management/article/15438956/overview-of-2016-grain-harvest-season-mycotoxin-risks

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