Corn diseases cost farmers an estimated $13.8 billion from 2020 to 2023, according to a new multiyear analysis led by plant disease specialists from across the United States and Ontario, Canada. The ...

In the world of corn diseases, some get the bulk of farmer attention and most of the press coverage because of their dramatic impact on corn. Think tar spot. Creating significant yield loss but less ...

One of the effects of the oncoming series of cold waves in the central United States during the next five to seven days may be the effect on leftover remnants of corn diseases which likely caused some ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Officials are monitoring the spread of a disease that is hurting corn production in Kansas. Tar spot appears as small, dark, raised spots on infected corn and can appear on the leaves, ...

Farmers across central Nebraska battling mold and fungus on corn crops this season.

More than 90% of the 2023 corn crop was planted in 12 of the top 18 corn producing states by the end of last week, according to the USDA Crop Progress Report issued May 28. With corn emerging and ...

As corn planting looms, the dread of disease pressures may be occupying producers’ thoughts. Some of the pesky problems in these parts are relatively new to the headache list, including Tar Spot, ...

Gray leaf spot is also active in the lower canopy at multiple sites across the state. The lesions are light tan in color and generally narrow and rectangular, and can be as long as 2 inches. As the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- When farmers express interest in growing "short corn," this isn't what they have in mind. Last week, Extension specialists in Oklahoma and Missouri announced the first ...

From September 21 to 24, a workshop on Green Control Technology for Corn Pests and Diseases in the Lancang–Mekong River Basin ...