Eighteen New Soybean Rust Counties Reported in Southern US

USAgNet - 10/05/2006

The total number of U.S. counties with Asian soybean rust in 2006 grew to 88 in the past seven days -- 18 new positive counties were reported in six states, with new rust also found in counties already "red" on the USDA map.
For comparison, at the end of the day Oct. 4 last year, there were 64 counties with soybean rust in only five states -- Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina, with only three new U.S. finds in the week prior to that date.
While in soybeans have matured past the point of using fungicides in many of the states with soybean rust, monitoring continues so that spread of the disease can been documented. Last year, soybean rust was discovered in 74 additional counties before the calendar year ended with a total of 138 positive counties in 2005.


Track the movement of soybean rust on the USDA Soybean Rust Website http://www.sbrusa.net/