The wheat crop has had a lot of stress thrown at it this year, but another threat is on the horizon. NDSU Extension Cereal Crops Pathologist Andrew Friskop says the recent wind events open the crop up to stripe rust concerns. “We do have reports of stripe rust in northern South Dakota and this is a disease that moves from the south to the north so knowing that it is in South Dakota we’ll likely find it soon.” An early onset of stripe rust increases the chance of economic loss for cereal grains.
