Red crown rot impacting Illinois farmers

A Pioneer agronomist says red crown rot is having a major impact on some soybean growers. Matt Montgomery says his west central Illinois territory is ground zero for the relatively new fungal disease. “We’ve seen yield losses 40 to 60%.”  He says, “We’ve seen some real devastating, you know, one offs where yield gets dropped […]

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