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Consider Disease Risk

Published December 29, 2024

Brevant Seed Retail Sales Agronomist Tyler Stastny says disease pressure was a big problem this past growing season. Stastny wants farmers to consider that when making decisions for 2025. Tar Spot was one of his bigger challenges. "You take Northern Corn…

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Wet Spring Resulted in More Disease Issues

Published December 19, 2024

Many crops throughout the Northern Plains saw increased disease pressure during this past year due to early rains.  "We definitely saw more wheat diseases this year than in the last five years, but we did a really good job of…

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Proactive, Not Reactive

Published December 18, 2024

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…

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Tar Spot Concerns

Published October 30, 2024

Tar spot has been detected in southern Minnesota, eastern South Dakota, and southeastern North Dakota. “We haven’t seen high enough levels to cause significant yield loss,” says Dean Malvick, plant pathologist at the University of Minnesota. “That doesn’t mean it…

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Tar Spot Threatens Corn Yields

Published October 14, 2024

Tar Spot is a newer disease in the United States, only arriving in 2015. "Tar Spot has led to some pretty big yield losses, as much as 50 bushels," said Andrew Friskop, plant pathologist, NDSU Extension. "We don't have as…

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Tar Spot a Growing Concern

Published October 1, 2024

Tar spot has been confirmed in all three states in the region this year. South Dakota has a whopping 41 counties that have dealt with tar spot this year. “You might not even have a need to apply fungicide, but…

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Take Proactive Approach to Tar Spot and Other Diseases

Published July 26, 2024

On the sidelines of the Ag PhD Field Day, BASF Technical Service Representative Dan Waldstien said tar spot is becoming a bigger problem across the Midwest. "We've got to be proactive. If we wait until we see symptoms of a disease,…

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Farmers Warned to Watch for Tar Spot in Upcoming Growing Season

Published March 10, 2022

Tar Spot is an increasing disease across the Midwest that impacts corn yield. BASF Technical Service Representative Vince Davis says it showed up in 2015. "Tar spot first showed up in northern Illinois and Indiana in 2017. The first year…

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Preventing Tar Spot Spread

Published March 8, 2022

Tar Spot is a rising corn disease threat across the Midwest. BASF Technical Service Representative Vince Davis says tar spot is hard to identify and effects aren't seen until flowering. "It comes in the crop as a very inconspicuous black…

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Tar Spot Remains a Problem for Eastern Corn Belt

Published September 25, 2021

Farmers in the Eastern Corn Belt are dealing with tar spot. Kluis Commodities market analyst Jacob Burks says the problem is widespread. "In southern Wisconsin we started seeing this at least two years ago. Every year since, this has been…

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