Significant disease pressure is showing up in corn and soybeans earlier this summer than what Daren Mueller saw in 2024 crops. The Iowa State University plant pathologist says the early onset of ...

After heavy disease pressure in 2025, many farmers are wondering if investing more inputs into their crop to combat disease ...

Southern Corn Rust: Southern corn rust was officially confirmed in Posey County this week. We currently have two positive counties and one probable in Indiana. We need your help – if you are out ...

Flying in on tropical storms, southern rust can steal yield and cause headaches for corn farmers. The nasty disease can attack quickly and do a lot of damage in a hurry, especially in warm and humid ...

Both southern and common rust have been confirmed in multiple corn fields across the state, but as is usually the case in Ohio, the latter is much more wide-spread than the former, and most of the ...

Southern corn rust was confirmed on corn leaf samples from Fillmore and Nuckolls counties in southern Nebraska recently. The disease had been confirmed in several states south and east of Nebraska ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Southern rust was confirmed in South Dakota's Turner, Brookings and Lincoln counties. According to Emmanuel Byamukama, South Dakota State University Extension plant pathology ...

Gray leaf spot is also active in the lower canopy at multiple sites across the state. The lesions are light tan in color and generally narrow and rectangular, and can be as long as 2 inches. As the ...

The weather conditions of 2025 were perfect for a southern rust outbreak across the Midwest, resulting in many growers having to make late-season decisions on disease management. Southern rust is a ...

You have no doubt witnessed helicopters and/or spraying aircraft in corn crops the past couple weeks. A lot of seed producers are spraying for corn earworm, banks and two-spotted spider mites in corn.

WATERTOWN, S.D. — Across most of South Dakota, corn diseases have been worse than normal this year. Madalyn Shires, assistant professor and SDSU Extension plant pathology specialist, hosted a field ...

COLLEGE STATION -- A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service plant pathologist recently met with corn growers at a field day near College Station discussing southern rust, a foliar disease that can be ...