A corn researcher says tar spot has been slow to take off in her trials this season.

Addie Thompson with Michigan State University tells Brownfield, “Because we had such hot, dry weather earlier in the season, I feel like the disease took a lot longer to get started and so just within the last week or two we’ve been seeing it pop up.”

Thompson is working with Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin to find what corn varieties are resistant to the disease. 

“It’s a big deal,” she says. 

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