An Ohio agronomist says the hot and dry weather has helped prevent the fast spread of tar spot.
Agrigold’s Scott Bugg tells Brownfield the disease was found a month earlier in the crop.
“We just need the environment for it to spread and we will get that at some point and tar spot can move relatively fast on a corn crop and make significant yield loss.”
Bugg says farmers are concerned about the cost of a fungicide application.
“With the grain markets this year, I have a lot of questions on whether or not we should because it takes more bushels to pay for it, but I think we just can’t give up on our crop,” and, he adds, “Let’s protect what we’ve got there – let’s protect those 10 to 15 bushels – (and) not give it up.”
Bugg says he’ll continue to monitor tar spot and disease movement as the crop enters grain fill period.
Source - https://www.brownfieldagnews.com
