LAMAR, Mo. — This year, Missouri corn farmers may be dealing with a brand new issue, a disease slowly spreading north from Mexico. It may be an even bigger problem next year. Mother Nature took ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A pathogen capable of affecting crops is making its way to Arkansas and residents could unknowingly be spreading it. Tar spot is a fungal disease that affects corn. Travis ...

“The only time we saw crown rot symptoms thus far is by jabbing young plants with an inoculated toothpick,” Jackson-Ziems said. “Using that technique, several fusarium species could cause crown rot, ...

Several different fungi cause stalk rot in corn across the U.S. Corn Belt, and gibberella stalk rot is among the most common forms. Stalk rot depresses yields some 5% each year, and it’s not unheard ...

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.

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, ...

High levels of fungal disease are threatening corn crops across Iowa and the rest of the Midwest. The main diseases, southern rust and tar spot, arrived earlier and spread due to wet conditions. These ...

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 ...

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 ...