Press Releases
11-04-24 News Release: U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative’s 2024 Fusarium Head Blight Disease Impact Update Indicates Fusarium Head Blight was Problematic, Predominately in Northern and Eastern Climates
09-11-24 News Release: National FHB Forum to Convene Key Experts in Austin, Texas
11-08-23 News Release: U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative’s 2023 Fusarium Head Blight Disease Impact Update Indicates Most of U.S. Reported Low Levels of FHB, with Impacted Crops Found in Isolated Regions
06-06-23 News Release: USWBSI Seeks Novel Science and New PIs for Transformational Science Pre-Proposals
11-18-22 News Release: U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative’s 2022 Fusarium Head Blight Disease Impact Update Finds Conditions and Proactive Growers Reduce FHB Impact Across the U.S.
11-3-21 News Release: U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative’s 2021 Fusarium Head Blight Disease Impact Update Finds Drought Conditions Minimized Disease Impact Across Most of U.S.
06-11-21 News Release: USWBSI Seeks News PIs with Transformational Science Pre-Proposals for FY22 Funding Cycle
05-12-15 News Release: Scab Management: It Takes an Integrated Approach
04-13-15 News Release: USDA Small Grains Genotyping Labs Help Breeders Develop & Release Improved Cultivars Faster
- 10-10-14 News Release: DON: Keeping a Mycotoxin in Check Through Ongoing Research, Sound Sampling & Producer Awareness
04-30-14 News Release: Assessment Tool & Alert System Help Growers Control Scab in Wheat & Barley Fields
04-1-14 News Release: Initiative Aids in Development of Barley Varieties with Improved Scab Resistance
02-28-14 News Release: Producers' Input Key in Scab Management Survey
01-6-14 News Release: Scab Initiative’s Support Key to HRS Wheat Variety Development
07-16-13 News Release: Early 2013 Scab Reports: Southern States
04-23-13 News Release: Scab Initiative Challenges Funding Elimination
02-28-11 News Release: Fusarium Head Blight Alert System Goes Live in Early March
06-30-10 News Release: ´Scab Smart´ Helps Growers & Industry Understand & Manage Fusarium Head Blight
05-10-10 News Release: Wheat & Barley Producers Can Sign Up for Scab Alerts
09-24-09 News Release: One-Stop Scab Management Website Now Operational
08-19-09 News Release: Upper Midwest Largely Dodges Scab in ’09
06-12-09 News Release: Midwest Scab a 'Good News, Bad News' Scenario
06-04-09 News Release: Serious Scab Problems in Southern Wheat States
06-17-08 News Release: Scab Incidence Varies Across Midwestern States
05-19-08 News Release: Early Southern Scab Reports Mixed
01-07-08 News Release: USWBSI Announces new Co-Chair
10-08-07 News Release: Scab Disease Generally Low Across U.S. in 2007
07-30-07 Press Release: USWBSI Mourns Loss of Co-Chair Tom Anderson
03-01-07 Press Release: 2006 National FHB Forum - Post-Forum Press Release
10-17-06 Press Release: 2006 National FHB Forum
05-10-05 Press Release: FHB Forecasting System/International Symposium
2003 NFHB Forum Press Release 01/22/04: Fusarium, DON Cripple Wheat Industry in Southeast U.S.
2002 NFHB Forum Press Release 12/20/02: Fusarium Prompting Some Farmers to Give Up on Malting Barley
2001 NFHB Forum Press Release 12/15/01: International Cooperation Proving Helpful to Grain Scab Research
NAWG Press Release 4/17/01: Loss of New Genotyping Center Would Be Wheat Research Setback
News Release 12/20/00: Crop scientists report research headway on FHB grain disease
Press release 9/14/00: Feeding Vomitoxin-Infested Grain May be Best Solution, NDSU Specialist Says
Press release 6/6/00: U.S. Scab workers participate in International Scab Symposium in China
News Release 12/23/99: National Research Initiative Reports Progress on Scab
Press Release 11/6/98: $3.5 Million National Scab Research Initiative Underway