April 26, 2006

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RUST FORECASTS

USDA SBR Forecast 4/24/2006: Rain moving through SE today. Then dry, mild weather through Fri.; more storms from west on weekend.
NAPDFC forecast 4/24/2006: Low threat and low risk to susceptible plants Mon/Tues due to unfavorable spore transport conditions. New forecast due out today (4/26). See four source-area links for trajectory maps.
See our SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER for full forecasts, fully updated.

NEW THIS WEEK
Keep eyes upon Texas through new soybean rust Web site
There’s a big spotlight on Texas -- with its early soybean rust find and many soybean sentinel plots up and growing. So Tom Isakeit at Texas A&M has posted a new Web site he updates constantly with the soybean rust situation in his state. (No rust today, I checked.) Full story.

Record stocks and acreage lead Good's quarterly soybean price outlook
University of Illinois Extension economist Darrel Good has issued his quarterly grain outlook for soybeans. We’ve posted the summary of "Soybeans: Record stocks, record acreage intentions" with links to the full outlook, plus this quarter's corn price outlook and last quarter's soybean price outlook. Full story.

The Bulletin has been sent to you by an educational grant from Bayer CropScience.

Latest USDA Soybean Rust Observation Map 4/26/2006.
Last update 4/24. Red counties are positive for rust, still holding at 17 in U.S. this year. New red-hatch counties are rust confirmed/destroyed; 4 so far. Total counties confirmed for rust: 21. Green counties are those scouted this year, with no rust found.

Soybean cyst nematodes cost IL growers $250 million plus each year
Growers in Illinois suffer more than $250 million in yield losses every year due to soybean cyst nematodes, according to a recent survey conducted by researchers from the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois. Full story.

Extra stop on spring planting tour documents tornado devastation
Agriculture Online Markets Editor Mike McGinnis filed an extra slide-show story on his tour – this one from Caruthersville in the Missouri Bootheel, where an F-3 tornado had ripped through the area 10 days before, killing two people. His photos say it all – the crumpled heap that was a $4 million grain bin set-up; irrigation pipes wrapped around trees; a flattened cotton gin – see for yourself. Slide show and story.
Mike's four planting tour photo-stories are linked from here.

And a "Best of Web" award went to ...
You guessed it – StopSoybeanRust.com. As reported recently in Agriculture Online, there were a few chuckles from the New York City crowd at the Waldorf when an award for a site on soybean rust was announced. Not surprising, when other winners were from publications like Newsweek, People, Sporting News – you get the picture. Officially, Agriculture Online won the business-to-business "Integration with Print" category of Media Industry Newsletter's ("min") Best of the Web Awards for its work with StopSoybeanRust.com, which is a joint venture between Agriculture Online and Vance Publishing Corporation.

A big thank you to our readers, contributors and supporters – you're the Best.

RUST RESOURCES

+ New state site: Soybean Rust Programs for Texas at soybeanrust.tamu.edu.

+ The South America Crop Watch special section on Agriculture Online can help you keep pace with major developments that are impacting production and prices for soybeans and other crops this year. You'll find exclusive stories and photos, current weather maps, and soy analysis highlights from Brazilian consulting firm SAFRAS & Mercados.

+ 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.

+ MAPS
2005 USDA Observation Map as of 12/31/2005

Track progress of scouting, rust confirmations and destruction of infected plants county-by-county for 2005 through 3/29/2006 on this animated version of the US observation map from Penn State. Now you can stop and restart the animation to focus on a particular date.

+ National and state rust hotlines and forecasts
USDA has ended the kudzu-greening feature of its SBR forecasts and is supplying weekly weather conditions for the Southeast.
The North American Plant Disease Forecast Center (NAPDFC) has begun its soybean rust forecasts for the 2006 season, based on four potential source areas.

Please see our Soybean Rust Hotline List in the SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER. Kentucky has begun updating its hotline weekly.

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