Iowa corn farmer says fungicide helped offset southern rust pressure

A southwest Iowa farmer says he’s cautiously optimistic about his corn crop despite some disease pressure that developed throughout the growing season. Lee Brooke tells Brownfield southern rust was prevalent heading into fall. “We had a lot of southern rust move in this summer like a lot of the area and Midwest did,” he said. […]

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