here may just be a better crop in those fields than we thought at various points of this growing season. But, there are some concerns and David Cosgray says the best way to know what you have is walk the fields.
“Scouting, especially with tar spot, is more important now than it has been,” he explained. “Gray leaf spot and northern corn leaf blight can be devastating, but tar spot can be worse easily and much quicker. The life cycle is so much faster for tar spot than northern and gray, so scouting is paramount. Get out and scout your fields. See what disease pressures are in your corn and soybeans, and definitely on the corn side, pull ears. Husk them back and get your magnifying glass out if you have to. Count the kernels on those early developing ears and look at the potential because I think a lot of people are surprised at what’s out there.”
Cosgray is a central Indiana technical agronomist for DEKALB/Asgrow. With an uptick in both rain events and humidity, that disease pressure is on the increase too. So Cosgray is very pro-fungicide application right now.
Source: hoosieragtoday.news
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