AgWeb

Southern Rust Has Infected Iowa Corn in ‘Likely Every County’

Alison Robertson says she has been at Iowa State University (ISU) for 21 years, and she’s never seen as widespread a problem southern rust is in Iowa this season. She believes the disease is present ...
AgWeb

Southern Rust Delivers A Harsh Wake-Up Call For Disease Control

One silver lining for farmers who had to contend with southern rust this season — it won’t necessarily show up in their fields next year. That’s not necessarily the case for a driver disease like tar ...
The Journal

Southern rust impacting nation’s corn crop

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 ...
AG Week

Research looks at management of rust, soybean cyst nematodes and common bacterial blight in dry beans

Support from Northarvest Bean Growers Association and U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grants has allowed researchers at North Dakota State University to look at ways to manage ...
MIT Technology Review

This international surveillance project aims to protect wheat from deadly diseases

Backed by the Gates Foundation, the Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System is on the front lines, looking for early signals of crop-killing rust infections. When Dave Hodson walked through wheat ...
AG Week

Tar spot and southern rust threaten corn crops in the Dakotas

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 ...
hometownsource.com

Strategic Farming: Let’s talk crops! session talks whether foliar diseases of corn will continue to threaten Minnesota’s yield potential

On March 4, Dean Malvick, UMN Extension corn and soybean plant pathologist and Ryan Miller, UMN Extension crops educator joined UMN Extension crops educator Liz Stahl to talk about whether ...
Southeast Missourian

Farmers prepare for threat of soybean rust in local crops

Soy biodiesel, insect and weed management, and new production systems were all topics at the Missouri Soybean Association meeting Thursday in Jackson, but that wasn't why most soybean farmers showed ...
WNCT

Stripe Rust disease spotted in Beaufort County wheat crops

Stripe Rust disease spotted in Beaufort County wheat … News / Apr 9, 2025 / 06:18 PM EDT After a drop in temperatures and a mix of spring weather, crops in eastern North Carolina, specifically wheat, ...
Farmers Weekly Interactive

Crop Watch: Hopes for drier weather and wheat T0 strategies

Farmer and agronomists are hoping for a more settled spell of weather, as the continuing damp conditions are hampering fieldwork. Septoria and yellow rust ...
WNCT

Stripe Rust disease spotted in Beaufort County wheat crops

BELHAVEN, N.C. (WNCT)– After a drop in temperatures and a mix of spring weather, crops in eastern North Carolina, specifically wheat, are experiencing some damage. Wheat stripe rust has appeared in ...