August 30, 2005 >>>RUST FLASH<<< Three storms stirring up the Altantic. Tropical Depression Sixteen may be headed up E. coast of FL. New SBR finds in AL, FL, GA and SC bring US rust county total to 53. 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 Updated: 09/06 12:05 CDT -- More dry weather in the East; watching tropical storms. NAPDFC Forecast For 9/2-9/5: Conditions unfavorable for spore transport and deposition except for FL panhandle. Any spore transport each day will be to the southwest. See our SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER for full forecasts, fully updated. >>>New on StopSoybeanRust.com this week:<<< + Market puts attention back on crop size, upcoming USDA report, after Katrina 9/6/2005 -- The cash corn and soybean markets reacted to the disruption of the Louisiana Gulf markets last week. This week, however, the market focus has shifted back to crop size, with the USDA scheduled to release new corn and soybean production forecasts on September 12, says Darrel Good, Univ. of Illinois. Good of IL: Market focus shifts back to crop size ahead of USDA reports + RUST RECAP: One new county positive for rust in each of AL, FL, GA and SC as of Friday 9/6/2005 -- While the holiday weekend was quiet in terms of any new soybean rust findings, a flurry at the end of last week brought the total number of U.S. counties known to be positive for Asian soybean rust to 53. See our stories below on each find. > ALERT: Washington County, GA, becomes 15th GA county with rust (9/2) > ALERT: Second S.C. county, Barnwell, found to have Asian soybean rust (9/2) > ALERT: AL has 13 counties with rust with new find in Chilton County (9/2) > ALERT: Rust find in Jackson County FL makes U.S. total 50 counties (8/31) The Bulletin is sponsored by Bayer CropScience. + Experts say not to be complacent about next year after limited U.S. soybean rust in 2005 Gil Gullickson, crops technology editor with Successful Farming, reports from a recent Executive Rust Prevention Summit that while the worst is past for 2005 and it wasn't that bad -- don't join the chorus of "You cried wolf!" 2005 was just the first year in what will be a long battle against the disease, speakers there said. Soybean rust may not have triumphed in 2005, but don't be complacent about 2006 + Corn earworms turn on soybeans in Missouri Just when rains gave new life to Missouri soybean fields, a new problem faces growers -- corn earworms are eating soybean pods at a damaging rate in fields from Kansas City south to the Arkansas state line. Read entomologist Wayne Bailey's report from the Show-Me state. Corn earworms attacking soybean pods in W. Missouri fields + Damage from Katrina disrupts grain movement in Midwest While the human toll of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area continues to rise, there are economic consequences as well for Illinois and Midwestern farmers, said Darrel Good, University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist. Midwest grain, especially corn, has nowhere to go. Damage from Katrina stops grain exports from Port of New Orleans click here >>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 + Hot topics in Ask the Experts Remember that we can hook you up with top experts around the country whenever you have a question related to rust or soybean health. 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