Mycotoxins Table 1

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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