Some Ohio farmers have seen increased disease and pest pressure in soybeans this year. Jeff Magyar farms in northeast Ohio and says he’s never seen white mold so prevalent in his area.
He tells Brownfield weather was a likely culprit. “They got about a foot tall and then they stalled,” he says. “When it was so dry, the white mold spores would have been very active on top of the ground. The dry weather wouldn’t have hurt them.
