The weather conditions of 2025 were perfect for a southern rust outbreak across the Midwest, resulting in many growers having to make late-season decisions on disease management. Southern rust is a ...

USDA is estimating near record corn and soybean crops in Iowa this year, but early yields results indicate that might be difficult to achieve, at least for corn. At the Reints farm in northeast Iowa, ...

Just ahead of the 2025 growing season, many in the crop protection industry expected tar spot to be the primary disease concern in corn. Instead, southern rust emerged as the ...

It’s a corn disease issue creeping north and infiltrating fields earlier than it has in the past and one that thrives in high heat and humidity. With increasing reports of southern rust now being ...

But there could be impacts on silage-corn harvest because southern rust, like other foliar diseases, can dry the crop prematurely. I also would like folks to know which fields southern rust has been a ...

MAXWELL, Iowa — For the past several weeks, a corn disease called southern rust has been quickly spreading across Iowa. According to the Crop Protection Network, it is already in 40 Iowa counties as ...

Southern rust dominated the conversation during the 2025 growing season in Iowa, forcing growers to react quickly to ...

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers discovered they can predict corn southern rust epidemic outbreaks by utilizing unmanned aerial systems, UAS, or drones, early enough to help prevent economic damage for ...

A farmer uses a combine to harvest corn in field near Amana on Oct. 8. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be ...