LAFAYETTE COUNTY (WKOW) -- As the last few bushels of corn are harvested for the season, farmer and agronomist Pat Herbst watches, once again, in disbelief. It's the fifth year in a row that a new ...
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 ...
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 ...
A combination of high humidity, rainfall and fog delivered a tar spot gut punch to corn crops in many south-central Michigan fields in 2021. “We knew it could hit crops and easily take out 50 bushels ...
Pesky infestations of tar spot disease are expected to put another dent in farmers’ yields across the Midwest, according to a team of scientists that specializes in crop pathology. Tar spot is ...
Reports of early corn harvest in Whitley County, and in surrounding counties, are troubling. As farmers entered fields expecting corn yields to be one of their best in recent years, they were ...
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