Satellite image of Uphoff’s corn field.

The green square is where fungicide was sprayed.

A central Illinois farmer says fungicides have played a major role in plant health for his corn and soybeans this year.

Elliot Uphoff who farms near Shelbyville tells Brownfield they experimented by drone spraying a 5-acre section of a replanted corn field.

“The southern rust in it was impressive. I walked out of the field orange and the spot where we sprayed with the drone you could see to the line the difference in plant health.”

He says he does not see diseases as prominently in soybeans, but he can tell fungicides are making a difference.

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