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Goss' leaf blight and wilt of corn is a damaging disease that is new to Minnesota and has caused problems in fields over the past two years. The weather conditions this summer may favor development of this disease again. It was reported from two fields in southern Minnesota in the past week, and it may start to develop in many fields....More

Reports of late planting, flooding and saturated soils are inundating news sources right now, and corn growers need to take them seriously. All of these conditions will likely have an effect on which pests and diseases show up in your cornfields. Extension specialists advise keeping a close eye on crops as they emerge....More

  Macon LaFoe knows it’s not if his soybeans and corn will face big pressure from cercospora,but the proverbial when. However, fungicide treatments can KO the disease and could also produce higher yields. Cercospora is nasty fungus that comes in several variations, which can prevent beans from maturing properly and cause gray leaf spot in corn. Left uncontrolled, the disease can ruin leaves, thwart ears, lead to lodging of weak stalks on corn and decrease soybean yields 25% or more....More

The Brazilian government's crop research company, Embrapa, has identified the first case of Asian soybean rust in a...More

Widespread reports of mold problems continue to come in from across the Corn Belt raising concerns about the presence...More

In the third week of September, with new sets of Midsouth counties and/or parishes frequently being added to the Asian...More

Thornton, MS, is the most recent location Asian soybean rust has been discovered. In a detailed announcement about the...More

Just when you think pests and diseases couldn't do any more damage to your cornfields, in steps Mother Nature....More

Now is the time of year when corn growers need to decide if a fungicide should be applied and Kiersten Wise, a Purdue...More

Nearly a week after Asian soybean rust was located in south Louisiana and Alabama soybeans, the fungal disease hadn’t...More

Asian soybean rust has been found in a soybean sentinel plot maintained by agricultural consultant Blaine Viator in St....More

While Fusarium head blight may not be as big a problem for some this year, many wheat farmers, however, are not likely...More