Tar spot was one of the issues corn growers faced in 2024. “I think it’s no longer if you’re going to get it, it’s when you’re going to get it,” said Kim Tutor, technical marketing manager, BASF. “With tar spot in particular, it has that really long latent period so that time it’s inside the plant befoer you can actually visually detect a lesion is upward of two to three week so you can’t take a wait-and-see approach.” Fungicides are part of the planning process. “You’ve got to be proactive instead of reactive.” Click here to hear the full interview with BASF’s Kim Tutor.
