Table 1. Reports of direct crop revenue losses due to mycotoxins
| Crop |
Location/Yr |
Ave Ann Prod.
(Tons ,000) |
Toxin |
Average
Contamin-
ation (%) |
Est Ann. **
Revenue Loss
US $ x 1,000 |
Source:
Personal Communications |
| Cotton |
AZ/
1977-1999 |
397 |
AF |
55 |
4,367
(at $20/ton) |
Larry Antilla, Director of the Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council, Phoenix AZ, April 2001 |
| Cotton |
TX/1999 |
502 |
“ |
70 |
7,000
(at $20/ton) |
Jeff Nunley, South TX Cotton & Grain Assoc., May 2001 |
| Peanut |
GA |
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
| Corn |
TX/1999
(4 districts
S Texas) |
2,100 tons
(375 Bu) |
“ |
50 |
15,000
(at $0.4/Bu) |
Jeff Nunley, South TX Cotton & Grain Assoc., May 2001 |
| Corn |
MS/1998 |
1,400 tons
(50 Bu) |
“ |
20
discounted, 4
abandoned |
2,000 |
Erick Larson, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Personal communication, May 2001 |
| Walnuts |
CA/2000-1 |
236 |
“ |
4 |
38,700 |
David Ramos, Davis California, March 2001. |
| Almonds |
CA/
1995-2001 |
366-830 |
“ |
3 |
23,000-47,000 |
Merle Jacobs, Almond Board of California, Modesto CA |
| Barley |
ND,SD,MN/
1993-1998 |
|
DON |
|
406,000*
(5 years) |
John Mittleider, North Dakota Barley Council, Fargo ND, June 2001 |
| Wheat |
ND,SD,MN/
1993-1998 |
|
DON |
|
1,000,000* |
Jim Baer, North American Millers, Washington DC, June 2001 |
* Includes actual production losses.
** Does not include abandoned acreage
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