Southern rust impacting southeast Iowa corn crop

A southeast Iowa farmer says a wetter-than-expected summer impacted the quality of his corn crop. “In July we had, depending on who you talk to, between 12-16 inches (of rain) in this area,” said Tom Adam of Harper. Adam says disease pressure has been strong. “The crops have done pretty well with (the rain), but […]

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