The 2025 Iowa southern rust epidemic wasn’t caused by a single factor; rather, it was a perfect storm involving all three ...

Just ahead of the 2025 growing season, many in the crop protection industry expected tar spot to be the primary disease concern in corn. Instead, southern rust emerged as the ...

Some Quad-City area gardeners have reported rust on their turfgrass this season. Following is a report on this condition by Barbara Ambruzs, Iowa State University Extension plant pathology specialist.

MAXWELL, Iowa — For the past several weeks, a corn disease called southern rust has been quickly spreading across Iowa. According to the Crop Protection Network, it is already in 40 Iowa counties as ...