MSU encourages reporting southern rust

Michigan State University’s plant pathologist says southern rust disease pressure is spreading across the state. Marty Chilvers tells Brownfield he’s tracking its movement in corn. “We’re trying to map the location of southern rust across Michigan to the county level, just to be aware of how far north it can move, so that in breeding […]

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