The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Grain elevators in Eastern Iowa are testing for the presence of a toxin in corn that could create ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will no longer require screening and testing of milk for aflatoxin. The testing requirement began on Aug. 31 due to the drought conditions in ...

Grain industry representatives are touting the effectiveness of the One Sample Strategy, a standardized testing method for aflatoxin. The program is administered by the Office of the Texas State ...

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has issued a “Loss Adjustment Procedures for Aflatoxin” fact sheet, which explains the importance of testing grain for insurance purposes. The document states if ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Iowa has dropped a requirement that all milk received in the state be tested for aflatoxin, the toxic byproduct of a mold that attacks corn during a drought, the state's ...

In the midst of rumors and anti-GMO rhetoric, one researcher is striving to use genetic modification to improve crop health as well as potentially save consumer lives. Aspergillus, which creates ...