BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Southern rust was confirmed in South Dakota's Turner, Brookings and Lincoln counties. According to Emmanuel Byamukama, South Dakota State University Extension plant pathology ...

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 ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Southern rust was found in Union, Clay and Minnehaha Counties at low incidence and severity, says Emmanuel Byamukama, South Dakota State University Extension plant pathologist.

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A late-summer string of hot, humid weather has brought an unwelcome visitor to South Dakota's corn crop. Southern rust, a leaf disease caused by spores blowing in from ...

With the warm and wet conditions this season, southern rust is on the rise in Midwest corn crops. It may be time to start considering the impact that could have on corn silage and preparing to adjust ...

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 ...

Tar spot hit some fields hard late in 2024. In fact, on one farm, paid scouts gave the “all clear” in early August. Tar spot came in after that with a vengeance. Since the farm didn’t spray, yield ...

Southern Corn Rust has now been confirmed in more than a dozen Nebraska counties in Eastern and South Central Nebraska. It’s a fungal disease that can cause significant yield loss if it becomes severe ...

Southern corn rust was confirmed in Richardson, Nemaha, Otoe, and Thayer Counties on Thursday. Cass and Fillmore counties were confirmed Monday followed by Seward County on July 19, and York County ...