Scouts should pay particular attention to the lower three leaves of the corn plant from the period just before tasseling to two weeks after tasseling. If at least 50% of plants in a field have disease ...

especially if planting into a field with a history of the disease. Check with your seed provider to determine the NCLB rating for hybrids you are growing if NCLB has been an issue in the past.

Iowa farmers say a foliar fungicide application can add more bushels per acre by preventing losses to disease pressure and ...

But the disease was nearly a no-show ... about four years to completely digest a corn stalk, most likely there’s tar spot inoculant in about every field that was infected in 2021,” he contends.

Pest management experts are closely monitoring the spread of corn leafhoppers in agricultural producing regions across the state. Corn leafhoppers, invasive herbivorous insects, are capable of ...