CropWatch Podcast: Corn and Soybean Disease Update

August 7, 2026

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Crop disease pressure has been relatively quiet so far, but that doesn’t mean growers can stop scouting. Hear what Nebraska Extension experts are finding in corn and soybean fields across the state.

Crop diseases are showing up across Nebraska, but so far, 2026 is shaping up very differently from last year’s high-pressure season. 

In the latest episode of the CropWatch Podcast, a team of Nebraska Extension experts — including plant pathologists Dylan Mangel and Tamra Jackson-Ziems, extension educator Talon Mues, and UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic Coordinator Kyle Broderick — joins podcast host Eric Hunt to explore what’s behind the difference, what they’re finding in corn and soybean fields and which diseases growers should be watching as the season progresses. They also discuss how scouting now can inform management decisions both this season and in years to come.

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