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Rust moves north to Clarke County GA and expands to Grady County in SE GA; state says all GA growers should expect some rust

+ Georgia confirms rust in Clarke and Grady county plots; alerts growers to expect rust on their farms before season is over

8/25/2005 12 a.m. CDT -- Yesterday began and ended with Georgia confirming soybean rust in new counties. Appling was the first news of the day; rust now also has spread to Clarke County in northern Georgia and to Grady County in far SE Georgia. Those three new finds bring infected county counts to 12 in Georgia and 39 in all across five states in 2005. Clarke is the northern-most county with rust in GA and the U.S.

The latest two sightings, more rust in Alabama and a tropical storm on the way have prompted Georgia's soybean specialist to say growers across the state should assume that "in all likelihood, their crop will be infested to some degree by soybean rust this season."

>ALERT: GA officials expect rust in all state fields after two new finds in Clarke and Grady counties

>ALERT: First commercial field with rust in GA, Appling County

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