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 ...

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 ...

Southern rust is caused by the fungus Puccinia polysora. Symptoms of southern rust are different from common rust in that they are typically smaller in size and are often a brighter reddish-orange ...

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 ...

MAXWELL, Iowa — 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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Southern rust appears on a corn plant’s leaf. The disease has popped up throughout Iowa through a ...

COLLEGE STATION -- A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service plant pathologist recently met with corn growers at a field day near College Station discussing southern rust, a foliar disease that can be ...

OTTUMWA — In Derrick Hoodjer's belief, the farmers did it right. Some planted corn early, some others on their own timetable. All were hopeful. "The biggest thing is, and it's just my opinion a little ...

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 ...

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 year – a first in a couple of ...