ST. LOUIS -- The first case of Asian soybean rust north of the equator has been confirmed. Two weeks ago the USDA's Agricultural Research Service and the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service ...

Soy biodiesel, insect and weed management, and new production systems were all topics at the Missouri Soybean Association meeting Thursday in Jackson, but that wasn't why most soybean farmers showed ...

Mother Nature can be your friend or foe. For a lot of farmers, she was the latter this past winter. One benefit of the brutally cold weather, though, is that researchers found little evidence of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory is geared up to assist growers in identifying Asian soybean rust, a disease that could cause economic losses ...

AMES, Iowa — While farmers have dodged the Asian soybean rust bullet the past two years, Iowa State University plant pathologist Alison Robertson told farmers at the recent Integrated Crop Management ...

St. Paul, Minn. (November 18, 2004) - With the confirmation that soybean rust has been detected in the U.S., plant pathologists with The American Phytopathological Society (APS) are offering insight ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Hurricane Dennis could bring some much-needed rain to moisture-deprived Indiana crops as he travels toward the United States. He also might carry some unwanted excess baggage on ...

Looking for a silver lining in 2011 weather patterns? It might be more of a thread than a lining, but soybean rust didn’t like last year’s weather. Daren Mueller, Iowa State University plant ...

In 2001, the Asian species of Soybean Rust was observed for the first time in South America, notably in Brazil and Paraguay. Known for its rapid, windborne spread, the discovery and impact of Soybean ...

Midwestern growers don't worry much about soybean rust, but the fungal disease has been popping up at the end of the growing season nearly every year since 2006. But because the fungus can't survive ...

Although Midwestern soybean growers have yet to experience the brunt of soybean rust, growers in the southern United States are very familiar with the disease. Every year, the fungus slowly moves ...

Asian soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) is a fungal disease that can quickly defoliate plants and reduce pod set, pod fill, seed quality and yield. The disease is found in every soybean region in ...