Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is a disease of corn caused by the fungus, Exserohilum turcicum. Severe outbreaks of the disease can cause up to 30-50% yield loss in dent corn if the disease is ...

Take action to keep diseases at bay. Chelsea Dinterman grew up in rural Maryland where she was active in 4-H and FFA. She spent a year working for an agricultural newspaper in Southeast Kansas before ...

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 ...

Resides In: Kief, North Dakota Raylene grew up on a dairy and beef farm at Kief, North Dakota. After graduating college in 1977, she worked as a herdsman and artificial insemination technician for a ...

It isn’t exactly the harvest from hell, but there are unique challenges this year in getting corn in the bin — and lessons to ...

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, ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Curvularia leaf spot, a fungal disease of corn more typically associated with tropical climates, has found its way to central Iowa this season. Alison Robertson, Iowa ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO) — A destructive fungal disease has been found in corn crops in four different Iowa counties. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach said that on July 21, reports of ...