Corn growth stages are quite variable across Indiana but a number of areas have moved into tasseling or beyond. Therefore, it is time to continue to monitoring for diseases to make an informed ...

Corn is an important part of our daily lives; it literally fuels us, as a food and when turned into ethanol. The grain is essential to Indiana’s economy, ranking fifth in production. Ahead of ...

Keep it simple when it comes to controlling pests like wireworms in corn. Set your stand up for success and scout, scout, ...

The Midwest corn crop has endured a pressure cooker of disease problems this season. Now, the aftermath of stress from disease and weather extremes in many areas are contributing to anthracnose top ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KCTV) - Researchers in Missouri are hoping to save one of the state’s biggest crops, but the solution won’t come in time to help this year, as a pest from out-of-state attacks ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Soon, growers in southeast Minnesota of corn and soybeans will find out if crops held off the disease pressure this year to deliver some high-end yields. Ryan Miller, University of ...

WATERTOWN, S.D. — Across most of South Dakota, corn diseases have been worse than normal this year. Madalyn Shires, assistant professor and SDSU Extension plant pathology specialist, hosted a field ...

An aerial view of Indiana’s corn crop this year shows lush green fields just before harvest, a welcome sight after signs and concerns about drought this summer. “Luckily, because of the dry conditions ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Southern rust appears on a corn plant’s leaf. The disease has popped up throughout Iowa through a ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture said Monday that the disease tar spot has been confirmed in Illinois' Bureau, DeKalb and LaSalle counties. Agriculture director Philip Nelson doesn't anticipate ...