ELKHART — Despite COVID-19, life must go on. Area cornfields were stricken with tar spot hard in 2019. Corn growers commonly said they lost 20% of their yield, with a few fields nearing 50% by some estimates. With all meetings being shut down because of social distancing, Purdue Extension Elkhart County will try something a …read more.

By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources – Horticulture and Crops Purdue Extension Elkhart County ELKHART — Every so often, a new plant disease comes to town. Some of them promise to be plant killers and end up fairly benign. Others, like tar spot on corn, can knock crop yields for a big …read more.