All the rain in Missouri has raised the risk of crop diseases.
MU state field crop plant pathologist Kaitlyn Bissonnette tells Brownfield they’ve seen a lot of root diseases already and farmers need to start looking for foliar disease development as crops reach the reproductive stage.
“All of these rains will really increase our disease potential in the coming weeks. And if they continue, even if they’re spotty here and there, all of that is going to increase that disease pressure that we have moving forward.
