Talking about the importance of scouting your field for tar spot and when to harvest. 

Tar spot of corn is a foliar disease common to areas of Latin America, where it is considered the most important disease of corn. The first reported occurrences of tar spot in the United States were confirmed in Illinois and Indiana in 2015. The disease has spread quickly and has since been found in SW Ontario in 2020. Certain growing seasons

Check out the video as Matt Chapple and Amanda Craven talk about fungicide applications in your corn crop.   Why you would do it, when you would do it, and what is being accomplished by doing it.

This syndrome occurs in young corn plants and is attributed to limited or simply absent development of the nodal roots.  Various factors are involved:  1. Shallow planting Seed MUST be sown to a MINIMUM depth of 1.5 inches to ensure that nodal roots grow 3/4 inch below the soil surface. Excessive or absent moisture will cause the death

Harvest timing:
• It is best to chop when whole plant moisture is between 60 and 70%
• Ensure you are harvesting each variety separately
• Weigh each hybrid immediately after it’s been harvested