An agronomist with Golden Harvest says management of tar spot is on farmers minds as they plan for 2025. Nate Prater, who ...

Since tar spot was first found in the United States in 2015, it has continued its expansion into the upper Midwest. This year, it has been found in corn fields in 44 counties across South Dakota.

Some farmers are rapidly approaching the finish line while others are already taking their victory lap on this year’s harvest ...

Telenko digs into multiple corn diseases, and while the first sign of tar spot was reported around August 15 in Indiana this year, the yield hit that some growers saw in 2021 is something that ...

As of Sept. 26, South Dakota State University Extension has confirmed the presence of tar spot in 25 counties across the eastern half of South Dakota, according to Madalyn Shires, assistant ...

Indiana’s statewide 77 percent complete corn harvest and 87 percent complete soybean harvest are also about the rate of progress in the Fort Wayne area. “You get to my southern area and everybody’s ...

Tar spot is a fungal disease that affects corn. Travis Faske, a University of Arkansas Plant Pathology Professor, says the pathogen is relatively new to the United States. He said it has a long ...

A western Indiana farmer says harvest has been a challenge. Kevin Cox says rain has slowed down progress, but they’ve almost ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota reached a breakthrough in research on the corn tar spot pathogen, a disease that threatens corn production. The researchers recently developed and reported ...

Perhaps the most painful of which has been tar spot, a relatively new disease with no solution—until now. This week FMC issued a 2(ee) label for tar spot control in corn, including field corn ...