September 26, 2005 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 9/26/2005 4:38 p.m. CDT: New spore transport and depositions follow remnants of Rita north into central Midwest. NAPDFC Forecast 9/26 5 p.m. CDT: Spore transport moving E and NE; risks higher and conditions more favorable on Monday than Tuesday. See our SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER for full forecasts, fully updated. >>>New on StopSoybeanRust.com this week:<<< + Two more Georgia counties report soybean rust last week Asian soybean rust was confirmed in a commercial soybean field in Lanier County, Georgia, late in the day on Sept. 20, 2005. The next day, a Johnson County commercial field was found to have soybean rust, also, bringing the Georgia county count to 19 and the total U.S. count to 61 counties with soybean rust. > ALERT: Fourth GA county with soybean rust this week: Johnson > ALERT: Soybean rust found today in Lanier County, GA, field + Good's weekly outlook says higher grain consumption needed to bring prices up In today's Weekly Market Outlook, economist Darrel Good looks ahead and says corn and soybean consumption rates need to increase if grain prices are to recover significantly in the next five months. Good from U of IL looks beyond the 2005 corn and soybean harvest + Soybean harvest ahead, condition ratings up Corn harvest is on track with the season average pace, while soybean progress is a little ahead despite rain delays in some of the top producing states. The weekly Crop Progress report released today by USDA said condition ratings for soybeans improved this week. USDA: Corn, soybean harvest on track with usual progress The Bulletin is sponsored by Bayer CropScience. + Sentinel plots were important part of soybean-rust preparation and monitoring X. B. Yang, plant pathologist at the University of Iowa and leading soybean rust expert, talks about being prepared for when bad things happen. It has become apparent how important it is to prepare for devastating natural events, whether it be hurricanes or the arrival of Asian soybean rust on the continent. Yang on Iowa sentinel plots: The end of the season + New CEO hired for U.S. Soybean Export Council The newly created U.S. Soybean Export Council has hired Dan Duran as its chief executive officer -- charged with maintaining and expanding international markets for U.S. soybeans and soybean products. US Soybean Export Council hires Dan Duran as new CEO + New lab lets Nebraska take plant disease diagnosis on the road Plant disease detection is on a roll in Nebraska. Thanks to funding from the Department of Homeland Security and University of Nebraska Extension, a new mobile lab is giving Extension the ability to diagnose crop diseases on-site, be it in a field or at a field day. Mobile lab will aid plant disease diagnosis in Nebraska + Lessons from 2005? U.S is not Brazil, for one thing Successful Farming Crops Technology Editor Gil Gullickson looks back at what growers and experts alike learned from the first full season with soybean rust in the United States, and why it was different here (so far) than in other countries with rust. Successful Farming: What did you learn about soybean rust? + Universities and Rodale to study soybean rust management in organic systems The USDA's Integrated Organic Program has awarded $480,000 to Iowa State University, Michigan State University, University of Florida and the Rodale Institute to evaluate strategies to manage soybean rust in organic systems. USDA backs research for soybean rust management in organic crops + Waterhemp with 'potential resistance to glyphosate' found in NW Missouri; Monsanto to work with MU on follow-up Common waterhemp with "potential resistance to glyphosate herbicide" has been found in two soybean fields in northwest Missouri by a weed scientist at the University of Missouri. Monsanto says it will work with MU to follow up and investigate the situation. > Waterhemp potentially resistant to glyphosate found in NW Missouri soybean fields > Monsanto, MU investigating potentially resistant waterhemp (from Agriculture Online) >>RUST RESOURCES<< + 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 + Web seminar on soybean aphids available as rebroadcast Excellent information and CEU credits await you when you register for and view/listen to the recent Soybean Aphid Web Seminar (June 22) from Dealer & Applicator and Greenbook.net. > Rebroadcast link for Soybean Aphid Web Seminar + 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 > 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 on information with "E-mail a friend." Or make the story "Printer Friendly" with one quick click. 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