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, ...

LANSING – A toxin produced by a fungus in corn will increase over the next few years because of global warming, according to a Michigan State University study. From 2031-40, over 89.5% of the counties ...

Winter means absolutely nothing for southern rust. It overwinters in the tropics, moving back into the Corn Belt during ...

In the world of corn diseases, some get the bulk of farmer attention and most of the press coverage because of their dramatic impact on corn. Think tar spot. Creating significant yield loss but less ...

More than 90% of the 2023 corn crop was planted in 12 of the top 18 corn producing states by the end of last week, according to the USDA Crop Progress Report issued May 28. With corn emerging and ...

Agricultural Research Service scientists are leaving no stone—or rather, leaf—unturned in their search for new ways to counter the fungus that causes tar spot, a yield-robbing disease of field corn in ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study raises the question of whether corn contaminated with a fungus-derived toxin is helping to facilitate the transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The toxins, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Hidden amid the glitz and glamor of Colorado’s latest Michelin awards, announced in mid-September, is an unexpected ingredient common to several of the ...