Tag: disease
Scouting for corn silage and foliar disease
Scouting each cornfield as it begins to tassel and assessing weather conditions is an important part of making fungicide decisions on your farm.
How to identify beech leaf disease
Beech leaf disease has been documented in at least a dozen counties in northeast Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and Ontario, Canada.
Pennsylvania ranks No. 1 in US for Lyme disease cases
Lyme disease affects more than 475,000 people annually. Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones from Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.
Lack of widespread traceability could cost US cattle farmers, industry
When disease outbreaks arise, animal health officials need to track them back to their sources. But traceability can be a challenge, especially in the cattle industry.
Animal health experts: US ag needs to be prepared for disease...
At Penn State's Emerging Animal Infectious Diseases conference, speakers talked about disease threats for agriculture and ways to prevent or address outbreaks.
What is causing beech leaf disease?
The symptoms of beech leaf disease are plain to see, but opinions differed on the cause. Now, researchers may be one step closer to finding an answer.
Coronavirus: How to educate yourself and prepare
What do we know about the coronavirus, where has it spread and how do we prepare? Get the latest CDC information on COVID-19 to better prepare yourself.
Strep zoo detected in Pennsylvania swine
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has designated Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus in swine a dangerous transmissible disease.
Seven Asian countries battling African swine fever
African swine fever now has claimed its seventh Asian country, Myanmar, which is west of most previous known cases.
Watch for molds, corn earworm
Recent reports show high corn earworm populations in certain grain corn fields in Ohio.
