Farming

As dry as it has been this year in Iowa and across most of the midwest, the last thing you would expect to see is tar spot. But, guess what Kelly found in his field?

Kevin Matthews had a corn field hit by hail in late June. After assessing the damage, he decided to deviate from his usual approach to save the hailed corn.

In late June, a hailstorm wrecked Kevin's corn fields. But now, a month later, he's amazed that there are no signs of corn smut, which usually happens when the corn plant gets hurt. Kevin talks about his crops' progress and shares why he thinks there's no disease right now.

Chad talks about his next application of an EPA registered biological fungicide from Rizobacter.

It is fungicide time for "Sam of the North." Here is what he is applying to his barley crop.

Matt Miles typically has a difficult time getting much return on fungicide investment on his corn. This runs counter to what you’d think for an Arkansas delta farmer where heat and humidity are off the charts. But, Matt typically beats the late summer fungus onslaught by planting early and being near harvest time before fungus robs yield. Not so this year which is why he is factoring fungicide decisions — should he go cheap or go premium based on his risk assessment? XA affiliate Caleb Traugh joins Matt and Damian to explain how they make fungicide decisions.

Mike Evans discusses fungicide application plans and what he plans to put in the tank with the fungicide.

Peanuts are under attack from diseases from the minute the seed goes in the ground. Caleb talks about the first large scale peanut trial of a new biological fungicide product from FMC that does not even have a name yet. Caleb also has an idea for a name as well.

Caleb Traugh is down in Florida searching for the first signs of Southern Rust. He talks about the unique disease and what farmers can do to protect their crops as the disease blows in from across the ocean each spring.