Severe cases of tar spot in corn can kill plants and result in grain yield losses up to 60 bushels per acre.¹ How can something as simple as residue management help you mitigate the impact of this ...

Tar spot robbed several key corn-producing states of upwards of 60 bushels per acre in severely infected fields in 2022, according to Purdue University Extension. The Midwest could be on a similar ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Agricultural Research Service scientists are leaving no stone—or rather, leaf—unturned in their search for new ways to counter the fungus that causes tar spot, a yield-robbing disease of field corn in ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (KSNF) — A fungal disease targeting corn crops is moving across the Midwest and Great Plains, according to a report from researchers at Kansas State University. Phyllachora maydis, also ...

VIOLA, Ill. — Despite an overall increase in corn yields this year, farmers across the Midwest are facing a serious problem: a fungal disease called tar spot, fueled by a summer of wet, humid weather.

A fungal disease targeting corn crops is moving across the Midwest and Great Plains. Phyllachora maydis, also known as “tar spot,” first appeared in Indiana and Illinois in 2015. “It’s a very ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...