Kansas corn farmers are feeling the impacts of a disease targeting their cash crop this year, which is spreading rapidly in some parts of the state. Southern corn rust may be a disease many farmers might be unfamiliar with. However, reports from Kansas State University show it is being detected in fields across the state this year, potentially posing a threat to farmers trying to grow corn. Kansas State University Plant Pathologist Kiersten Wise, says warm wet weather is the problem:
Good news though, it can’t survive through the winter months like other corn diseases in Kansas, like gray leaf spot and tar spot, but instead arrives annually from more tropical areas.
