As Ken Ferrie evaluates disease challenges he sees in cornfields right now, tar spot comes to the top of his list of concerns. “We’ve got a lot of areas that are picking up these 3-, 4-, 5-inch rains, ...

David Hula enjoys a good competition. An array of trophies, plaques and certificates of achievement won by growing high corn yields over the past decade-plus attest to that. But Hula is also known in ...

Southern rust on a corn leaf. Editor’s note: The following was written by Alison Robertson, professor of plant pathology and microbiology and Extension field crops pathologist, and Rebecca Vittetoe, ...

Illinois's statewide news talk show, produced by Illinois Public Media. September 22, 2025 • Today marks 40 years since the first Farm Aid concert took place in Champaign in 1985. The Spurlock Musuem ...