Field Days: Out Damned Spot

By Sarah Brown

Published October 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM MDT

Bighorn farmer Shane Strecker explains how he sprays his sugar beet crop for Cercospora leaf spot

On this episode of Field Days, Shane Strecker of Strecker Farms in Bighorn wages a war against a deadly fungus.

Field Days is an award-winning weekly audio diary following the day-to-day life of agricultural producers in Montana, produced by Yellowstone Public Radio. Theme music by John Kosel.

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Sarah Brown

Sarah Kanter Brown is the producer of YPR’s Field Days. A graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism, Brown has worked at newspapers and magazines nationwide.

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