FREEPORT, Ill. — Corn diseases can produce mycotoxins that impact the corn silage in dairy cattle rations. “Tar spot or southern rust can contribute to the mycotoxin accumulation,” said Damon Smith, ...
It’s a corn disease issue creeping north and infiltrating fields earlier than it has in the past and one that thrives in high heat and humidity. With increasing reports of southern rust now being ...
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 ...
THAT’S COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT. STACEY. THANKS AND NEW TONIGHT. AN UNUSUAL CROP DISEASE IS SHOWING UP IN SOME FIELDS ACROSS OUR STATE. IT’S CALLED SOUTHERN RUST AND IT CAN BE HARMFUL TO CORN. KCCI ...
MAXWELL, Iowa — For the past several weeks, a corn disease called southern rust has been quickly spreading across Iowa. According to the Crop Protection Network, it is already in 40 Iowa counties as ...
High levels of fungal disease are threatening corn crops across Iowa and the rest of the Midwest. The main diseases, southern rust and tar spot, arrived earlier and spread due to wet conditions. These ...
Hall County is one of three Nebraska counties where southern rust has been spotted in cornfields, according to Tamra Jackson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln plant pathologist. "I am especially ...