AgWeb

Southern Rust Set To Take Big Bite Out Of Midwest Corn Crop?

If one picture is worth a thousand words, then the video Iowa farmer Dan Striegel shot last week must be worth thousands more. In the video, Striegel is shown harvesting a field of emerald-green corn ...
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 ...
KCCI Des Moines

Southern rust slashes yields for some Iowa corn growers

WORKERS WHO WILL BE PAID. NEW TONIGHT SOME FARMERS ARE SEEING LOSSES ON THEIR CORN CROP THIS SEASON. KCCI PEPPER TALKED WITH THE WOMAN TRACKING THE CROP DISEASE THAT’S CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. SHE SAYS ...
WFMZ-TV

Beware southern rust in Wisconsin

Common rust is shown on corn. If you’re like me, you’ve been paying attention to reports from the southern and Midwest states indicating that southern rust of corn is making its way further north this ...
Iowa Public Radio

A corn fungus from the Southern U.S. is found across Iowa, putting yields at risk

Tire tracks run through a field of corn in Iowa. A fungus that attacks corn has spread to over 40 Iowa counties. Southern rust creates reddish-orange patches on the tops of corn leaves. This blocks ...
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

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 ...
The Eagle

Drone data provides early identification of southern rust in corn

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 ...
Fremont Tribune

Southern corn rust confirmed in Nebraska

Southern corn rust was confirmed in samples from Fillmore, Jefferson, Thayer, Adams, Clay, Buffalo and Sherman counties in southeast and south central Nebraska this week. The disease was only sparsely ...
extension.purdue.edu

Southern Corn Rust and Tar Spot Update in Indiana: We need your help!

Southern Corn Rust: Southern corn rust was officially confirmed in Posey County this week. We currently have two positive counties and one probable in Indiana. We need your help – if you are out ...
Grand Island Independent

Earworm, cutworm, rust — keep an eye out for corn pests

You have no doubt witnessed helicopters and/or spraying aircraft in corn crops the past couple weeks. A lot of seed producers are spraying for corn earworm, banks and two-spotted spider mites in corn.