Vomitoxin in corn has reared its ugly head this fall. Across the country it has been found at levels from 4 to 40 ppm. The highest I've found in my Southwestern Ohio area has been 7.9 ppm.  At 5 ppm hogs will get sick and small pigs can be affected by levels as low as 1.3 ppm.  Other livestock, such as cattle and chickens, usually don't see any effect until 10 ppm. Humans can be affected also, but usually after the 10 ppm level.  Most mills will reject the tainted corn at 4 ppm. The corn I found at 7.9 ppm was rejected at one mill but accepted at another. He had 10,000 bushel of the contaminated product.  Not every year or every corn type will have this problem, but if you have this in a bin be sure to clean it out completely.

-Dan Moffitt