South Carolina Crops

South Carolina Soybean Rust Update – 7/21

SOUTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN RUST NEWS NOTE 21 July 2021 FROM: Jonathan Croft, Clemson Extension Agronomic Agent, Joe Varn, Clemson Extension Agronomic Agent, and Dr. John Mueller, Extension Soybean Pathologist, Edisto Research and Education Center. SOYBEAN RUST HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA AS OF 21 JULY 2021. On July 19th, Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) […]

South Carolina Soybean Rust Update – 7/16

SOUTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN RUST NEWS NOTE 16 July 2021 FROM: Jonathan Croft, Clemson Extension Agronomic Agent, Joe Varn, Clemson Extension Agronomic Agent, and Dr. John Mueller, Extension Soybean Pathologist, Edisto Research and Education Center. SOYBEAN RUST HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA AS OF 16 JULY 2021. During the week of July 12th – […]

Stubby Root Nematode in Corn

I am sure that many of you are getting reports of “bad/sad” looking corn in a range of growth stages. As we all know this year’s corn crop has been through every possible type of stress. Don’t forget to look at the roots! Stubby root nematode is very common as are Columbia lance, lesion, Southern root-knot […]

Fungicides and Southern Rust in Corn

With extensive rains occurring across much of South Carolina in the last week our corn crop is getting back on track and more than half of it is in the process of tasseling.  This is the growth stage where most growers will be deciding whether to spray a fungicide for foliar diseases.  Here are a […]