Livestock producers who graze fescue pastures should always have fescue toxicosis in mind. Tall fescue is a cool-season, high-quality perennial grass that thrives in moderate temperatures with ...

The cool weather and abundant rains during spring weather provides perfect growing conditions for fescue. Unfortunately, as the temperature climbs in early summer, so does turf disease. Brown patch is ...

Brown patch fungus loves Southern summers, so mow at the right height, water early, and avoid heavy nitrogen to keep grass healthy and resilient. Use resistant turf like Kentucky-31 tall fescue, ...

Q: Brown areas have been appearing in my tall fescue lawn for a couple of weeks now. Is that due to a disease, pest, or just summer dormancy? A probable cause of the browning is an aptly-named disease ...

Q: Our neighbors lost their newborn foal and their veterinarian said it was due to fescue fungus. Now we're worried about whether our broodmares are safe on the pasture. A: Tall fescue is the most ...

Around midsummer, some lawns may develop patches of brown turfgrass. These brown spots are often a fungal disease creatively named brown patch. Although many things could cause brown spots in your ...

In many cases, brown patch during summer is a problem that will go away on its own KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In between rainy days of late, you mowed your still-damp lawn to reveal straw-colored patches, ...

Two lawn diseases showed up in some lawns this year. These are not new diseases but an increase in rainfall promotes fungal disease so we’re seeing more than during the last few drought years. Two ...

Pest Alert ñ Large Patch Fungus (Brown Patch Fungus) is attacking lawns across the Lowcountry. The cooler temperatures have triggered an explosion of the disease. Try to keep your watering to a ...