Source: US Wheat Associates Wheat Letter

The Arizona Grain Research and Promotion Council reports that the state's regulated wheat crop tested entirely negative for the presence of Karnal bunt in 2006, the first time since 1999.

In the 213 fields (9,569 acres/3,872.6 hectares), USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) found no bunted kernels pre-harvest, and the single seed sample tested free of Karnal bunt spores.

California's four regulated fields tested negative as did all 331 fields in Texas. Two of 12 Texas seed samples did test positive for spores.