Tar spot & rootworms remain a concern for growers

A seed expert says corn tar spot and rootworms remain a concern for growers.

Alex Renk with Renk Seed tells Brownfield tar spot wasn’t expected to be an every-year problem, but so far, it has.  He says it takes special conditions for tar spot to develop, and he cannot recommend changing corn varieties to avoid it. “You’re just not going to get any varieties that are necessarily better or worse for tar spot.

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