10/28/2026
This fall has been tough. Many of you are seeing stalk rot, downed corn after strong winds, and soybean disease you didn’t expect at this level.
Nothing will change this harvest, and we won’t pretend otherwise. We can say this much: the pathogens behind a lot of this season’s losses were already in the soil. Last winter, our risk maps built from fall 2025 field samples showed elevated pressure for Sudden Death Syndrome, Fusarium, Cercospora, Anthracnose, and Gibberella stalk rot across much of the Midwest.
You can’t control the weather. You can know what’s in your fields before you make your next seed, hybrid, and management decisions.
Learn more at: https://earthoptics.com/agriculture