Managing southern rust
Country Folks
June 17, 2026

Managing southern rust

Southern rust seems like a problem that wouldn’t affect farmers in the Northeast; however, Camilo Parada-Rojas, field crop pathologist with Cornell University, presented the on the topic at the annual CCE-sponsored Corn Congress because the pathogen is carried by wind currents and can spread this way.

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