In challenging years, every bushel counts. To give your crop a fighting chance at profitability, you’ll want to keep an eye out for yield-robbing corn seedling diseases. 1. Pythium has at least 14 ...

As corn planting looms, the dread of disease pressures may be occupying producers’ thoughts. Some of the pesky problems in these parts are relatively new to the headache list, including Tar Spot, ...

Track early corn growth stages to time input applications. From V1 to tasseling, protect yield potential with a proactive management plan.

Corn growth stages are quite variable across Indiana but a number of areas have moved into tasseling or beyond. Therefore, it is time to continue to monitoring for diseases to make an informed ...

LAMAR, Mo. — This year, Missouri corn farmers may be dealing with a brand new issue, a disease slowly spreading north from Mexico. It may be an even bigger problem next year. Mother Nature took ...

AMES, Iowa – A plant pathologist at Iowa State University is studying an emergent corn disease capable of reducing the yields of affected crops to near zero. Virtually unseen in the United States for ...

Kansas State University plant pathologists and entomologists are reporting the first known case of corn stunt disease in Kansas, coming on the heels of reports in neighboring Oklahoma and Missouri.

It is important to continue to scout for diseases in both corn and soybeans. Recent rain events have increased favorable environmental conditions for the development of foliar diseases in both crops.