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, ...

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.

Tar spot has now been confirmed in 28 Wisconsin counties, raising concerns for corn growers as harvest approaches in the state. While the most recent USDA Crop Progress Report rated 83% of Wisconsin’s ...

Even with strong corn yields this year, farmers across the Midwest are facing a serious problem: a fungal disease fueled by a summer of wet, humid weather. Bears President Announces Official Plans to ...

Fall is here and it's time to talk about our famous fall foliage in New England. We could all hope to go out as spectacularly as trees do each autumn. Groves of red, orange, and yellow will soon be ...

I wait all year to stalk the aisles of the farmers market to hunt for ripe, peak-season fruits and vegetables. As a chef, there’s nothing better than cooking with seasonal, freshly picked produce ...

The final full moon of the northern hemisphere, called a corn moon, will rise on Sept. 7. While September's full moon is usually the harvest moon, it is a corn moon this year since the former is the ...

Tar spot, caused by the fungal pathogen Phyllachora maydis, has become an increasingly important disease of corn in the Mid-Atlantic region. First detected in Pennsylvania in 2020, Maryland in 2022, ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota, Aug 22 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers will harvest a record corn crop in 2025 after ideal weather across much of the Midwest this summer, but the bounty will fall short of the U.S.