USDA Tests Confirm Soy Rust in Florida
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Florida has found the highly contagious soybean rust fungus in one of its soybean fields on Wednesday, becoming the third infected US state in a week, state officials said.
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Florida has found the highly  contagious soybean rust fungus in one of its soybean fields on  Wednesday, becoming the third infected U.S. state in a week,  state officials said.
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Investigators probing the source of a listeria outbreak said Thursday the strain that killed three people was found at a dairy processing plant in central Massachusetts
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Cattled culled on a second farm in  southern England adjacent to the latest outbreak have tested  positive for foot and mouth disease, Britain&#39;s agriculture  ministry said on Friday.
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Virginia soybean growers were not unprepared when the US Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that soybean rust, an aggressive and devastating fungal disease, had been detected in Louisiana.
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The US Agriculture Department expected test results late Wednesday on whether soybean rust had infected another Louisiana field, the sixth in a week, a spokesman said.
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The first US cases of the fungus soybean rust, which hinders plant growth and drastically cuts crop production, were found at two research sites in Louisiana, officials said Wednesday.
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The yield-cutting soybean rust fungus was found in the "remnants" of a harvested soybean field in southern Texas about 15 miles from its border with Mexico, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Asian soy rust was found for  the first time in a commercial 2004/05 (October/September)  soybean crop in Parana state, Brazil's second biggest soy  producer, the country's crop research agency said on Monday.
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Northeast Iowa farmers have said for years it was only a matter of time before soybean rust was found in the United States. Time&#39;s up.
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Soybean rust, a disease that has devastated soybean fields in Brazil and Argentina, has been found in two test plots at Louisiana State University near Baton Rouge.
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Hurricane Frances may have damaged or destroyed up to two-thirds of Florida's grapefruit crop as it roared through the heart of one of the state's richest citrus-growing regions, agriculture officials said Tuesday.
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The first US cases of soybean rust, a fungus that hinders plant growth and drastically cuts crop production, were found at two research sites in Louisiana, officials said Wednesday.
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11/11/2004 - The US Department of Agriculture&#39;s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service yesterday confirmed the presence of the countryâs first case of soybean rust, found on soybean leaf samples taken from two plots in Louisiana.
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By Gabriel Tynes, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Feb. 3--There are several rusted sculptures near the entrance to Shoal Sanctuary that at first resemble dead dandelions. Jutting up from the ground on rebar "stems," the sculptures are capped by railroad spikes radiating from the apex.
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A fungus capable of damaging soybean crops has arrived in the United States for the first time, causing concern among northeast Indianaâs agriculture industry that the fungus could spread here as soon as next summer.
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Now that the US Department of Agriculture has confirmed that Asian soybean rust has been found in Louisiana, the first known incidence of the fungus in North America, the next step is forming a response to its arrival.