A separate report from K-State’s Agronomy eUpdate on June 6 stated Kansas is the first state where tar spot is being found in 2024. The disease lead to severe corn crop losses in the counties ...

Tar spot robbed several key corn-producing states of upwards of 60 bushels per acre in severely infected fields in 2022, according to Purdue University Extension. The Midwest could be on a similar ...

As farm country heads into pollination season, weather conditions have Ken Ferrie concerned about tar spot erupting into a significant yield robber this season. He says he is fielding a lot of ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Although the pits look like the set of a cheesy PG movie, hot tar has been bubbling from the earth at this spot along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile for about 50,000 years. And from the gooiest ...

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