Biomin Mycotoxin Survey highlights risks to dairy

When we look at the challenges facing modern high production dairy farming we think of feed utilisation, reproductive success and animal health. What remains hidden is the effect that mycotoxins can have on all 3 of these aspects. The recently published Biomin World Mycotoxin Survey 2016 illustrates risks relevant to dairy cows. Mycotoxins are produced by fungi to overcome competition from other fungi or bacteria that might be looking to inhabit that same space. When that space is on a crop thi