Weather shift favors corn diseases

Weather shift favors corn diseases

A shift to wetter and cooler weather could result in late season crop disease pressure.

Channel Seed agronomist Matt Nelson says parts of the Midwest are experiencing below-normal temperatures and increased precipitation.

“We saw this last year. Tar spot moved in, and with that we saw northern corn leaf blight start to roll in. I would be less concerned with something like gray leaf spot (although) we have seen some in certain areas.