November 2, 2005 >> RUST UPDATE: Soybean rust finds expand to Louisiana and N. Carolina; S. Carolina total jumps to 17 counties; U.S. to 112 << Welcome to the StopSoybeanRust.com Bulletin, your by-request weekly update on Asian soybean rust. Please forward this Bulletin to friends and colleagues, who can subscribe here to receive the Bulletin and our Rust Flash alerts. Past issues are archived here. RUST FORECASTS USDA SBR Forecast 11/02/2005: Dry weather limits soybean rust transport and depositions in Southeast. NAPDFC forecasts have ended for the 2005 season. See the center's main soybean rust page for SBR summaries and updates. See our SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER for full forecasts, fully updated. >>>New on StopSoybeanRust.com this week:<<< + RUST ROUND-UP: 27 new counties found to have soybean rust in last 10 days The pace of soybean rust finds has accelerated -- with two new states joining the rust roster and more than a dozen South Carolina counties reported positive for rust in the last 10 days. Louisiana officials found the first 2005 soybean rust in their state, and North Carolina found its first-ever soybean rust, now in eight counties. As of today, the U.S. total for rust-infected counties is 112. See the stories below for details on the various finds, from most recent back to October 24. > ALERT: Tyrrell County, NC, becomes northeastern-most soybean rust county (11/2) > ALERT: More soybean rust found in North and South Carolina counties (11/1) > ALERT: Louisiana reports its first soybean rust of 2005 (10/31) > ALERT: South Carolina adds to soybean rust tally with 3 more counties (10/29) > ALERT: First-ever rust found in N. Carolina -- five counties positive (10/28) > ALERT: SC reports 9 new rust counties; some fields 50-percent defoliated (10/28) > ALERT: Rust on kudzu in Duval County FL brings U.S. total to 86 counties (10/24) + Good of IL says to expect larger stock projections for soybeans and corn USDA's November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) is expected to include larger projections for year-ending stocks of corn and soybeans, according to Darrel Good, University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist. The estimate is scheduled for release tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 10. Slight boost in production predicted for supply and demand report The Bulletin is sponsored by Bayer CropScience. + USDA to continue and expand tracking of soybean rust and other legume pests, diseases Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced that the USDA is again funding projects to track the spread of soybean rust and create the Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education to provide producers with information about additional legume pests and diseases. USDA to expand soybean rust tracking and management projects + Legume genomic research to get up to $5 million in USDA research initiative grant The USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program is to provide up to $5 million of funding for functional genomics and bioinformatics on legume crops such as soybeans. USDA puts $5 million into grants for legume genomic research >>RUST RESOURCES<< + All roads lead to Nashville for National Soybean Rust Symposium Early registration for the National Soybean Rust Symposium ended September 30, but it's not too late to register for the November 15-16, 2005, event in Nashville. The symposium is designed not only to review how the rust research, prediction and protection programs worked in 2005, but also to involve all in attendance in developing action plans for 2006 and beyond. StopSoybeanRust.com will provide news coverage during and after the symposium. Registration still open for the National Rust Symposium + SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER Visit our SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER, where we keep all the latest updates on rust finds, USDA and NAPDFC forecasts and commentary, tropical weather reports and other timely information. www.StopSoybeanRust.com SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER + Ask the Experts Remember that we can connect you with top experts around the country whenever you have a question related to rust or soybean health. Check out the Q&A already posted in "Ask the Experts" >Read the latest Q & A in Ask the Experts >Send us your questions and comments here + National and state rust hotlines and forecasts (see update below) 11/02/2005 -- USDA is now giving SBR forecasts only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the rest of the growing season. The North American Plant Disease Forecast Center (NAPDFC) has ended its soybean rust forecasts for the 2005 season. SBR updates might be posted on the NAPDFC site from time to time. > North American Plant Disease Forecast Center forecast: 1-888-835-2583, option 1. > Auburn University Soybean Rust Hotline: 1-800-774-2847 (BUGS) > Kentucky Soybean Rust Call-in Line: 1-888-321-6771 > Ohio Rust Hotline: 1-740-653-5419 extension 22. > Purdue hotline (IN): 1-888-398-4636 (EXT-INFO) > Tennessee hotline: 1-865-974-2392 > Virginia soybean rust hotline: 757-657-6450 ext. 103 > Wisconsin rust hotline: 800-RUST411 (800-787-8411) NAPDFC offers toll-free line for soybean rust forecasts Hotline list always available in our SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER + E-mail, print, search stories with ease Every story on StopSoybeanRust.com now has a link to let you pass along information with "E-mail a friend." Or make the story "Printer Friendly" with one quick click. Find what you want in our 600-plus stories we keep handy for you in our Archives -- every headline, listed in date order. 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