Root rot and diseases are an issue with Missouri field crops, especially wheat. The University of Missouri’s state field crop plant pathologist Kaitlyn Bissonnette says Missouri was about the only state this spring in the continental 48 that had persistent wet and cool weather.

“As a result of those cool, wet conditions we had a lot of seedling disease issues for any seed that got put into the ground.”

Pythium was a common disease, along with root rot, so there was stand loss in corn and beans.

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