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We are starting to see more corn leaf diseases in the last week, including gray leaf spot and northern corn leaf blight. Also hearing from others about tar spot. We had storms roll through on Friday into Saturday with rainfall totals varying widely from trace amounts to over an inch. We have stayed busy bailing hay, applying nitrogen and running irrigators.
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Elyssa McFarland is the sixth generation in her family to farm near Columbus Junction in Louisa County. She runs the farm with her husband Dav…
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