The summer growing season has producers on watch for developing disease pressure for this year's crop.

Commercial Farms Educator at the University of Illinois Extension, Reagan Tibbs, indicates with the heat and humidity of the last several weeks, conditions are ripe for disease pressure to start to present itself.

According to Tibbs, some diseases are difficult to identify because they mirror other diseases. He says the consideration a lot of producers will make is whether there is a treatment for these diseases, and whether is it the right time to apply.

Tibbs indicates one of the big things for producers to do going forward is consider the varieties of soybeans they are putting in the ground before the growing season the genetics of that variety.

We'll have more with Tibbs on diseases popping up in corn this growing season in the days ahead on Regional Radio.