Farmers across the Midwest need to have red crown rot on their radar in 2026. Matt Montgomery, agronomy education lead with Beck’s Hybrids, says the disease can reduce soybean yields by as much as 50% and it’s spreading. “In 2025, red crown rot really expanded its territory to much more what I’m calling kind of […]
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