RUST FLASH from StopSoybeanRust.com

Noon CDT, September 14, 2006

>>>North Carolina confirms first soybean rust of 2006<<<
ALERT: First rust found in NC; three more finds in GA,
Asian soybean rust has been confirmed for the first time this year in North Carolina, in Columbus County on the border with South Carolina. The find joins two more in Georgia and another in Louisiana since Tuesday -- bringing the U.S. total to 54 counties and parishes in eight states.
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This just in -- new rust-positive county in Texas
Make that U.S. total 55 counties and parishes in eight states. Soybean rust was confirmed in a sentinel plot in Beaumont, Texas, in Jefferson County today -- on the Gulf in SE Texas, right next to Liberty County, the only other county positive in the state at the moment.

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Hurricane Gordon and Tropical Storm Helene update
Both storms are too far out in the Atlantic to be of concern re: rust transport, even though Gordon is a Cat. 3 hurricane and Helene is expected to strengthen some. Keep tabs on these and future major storms on our home page and in our Soybean Rust Tracking Center.

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