Tar spot is a relatively new disease to the Dakotas and this year has become more widespread. But in South Dakota, the worst disease to control in the corn has been southern rust.

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 ...

It's a head-scratcher situation: some Illinois farmers are reporting moisture levels in their corn are dropping only one ...

At the Reints farm in Northeast Iowa corn yields have been running above last year but they left a lot of yield potential ...

The collaboration is supported by grants from the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and an Innovation Voucher from the state of Indiana. Jin’s team also will develop algorithms that pick up the color ...

NASHUA, Iowa — Soil nutrition and plant diseases took center stage, and there was an aerial flyover during the annual Iowa State University Northeast Iowa Research Farm fall field day Sept. 3. Farm ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JOPLIN, Mo. (KSNF) — A fungal disease ...

ST. PAUL -- Corn producers in Minnesota have historically had few widespread and significant problems with leaf diseases, in contrast to most major Midwestern corn-producing states. A leaf and stalk ...

ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. — “Tar spot,” an invasive fungal disease of corn, is expected to expand across Pennsylvania in the coming corn season, after being found for the first time in several counties in ...

LE MARS, Iowa — After a rough start to the growing season for Iowa’s corn and soybean crops and spotty showers throughout the summer, crops are starting to be stressed in northwestern Iowa. “This ...

While U.S. corn production and exports are on track to break records, sales for soybeans are down and prices for both ...