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 ...

Northeast Iowa farmer Elliott Henderson sprayed a fungicide on part of his corn crop three times this season and nearly all of his crop twice, battling to break the chokehold of southern rust in his ...

For the past several weeks, a corn disease called southern rust has been quickly spreading across Iowa. According to the Crop Protection Network, it is already in 40 Iowa counties as of Wednesday. The ...

The first confirmed case of southern rust in Iowa corn this growing season has been identified, but an Iowa State University Extension agronomist said current conditions do not point to a repeat of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OTTUMWA — In Derrick Hoodjer's belief, the farmers did it right. Some planted corn early, some others on their own timetable. All ...

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 ...

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 ...

Southern corn rust can blow into corn country this time of year like a bundle of bad news. In 2025, the fungus caught many farmers unaware -- stripping the corn of yield potential and hastening ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first confirmed case of southern rust in Iowa corn this growing season has been identified, but an Iowa State University ...