USDA Tests Show Soybean Rust Spreading
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US Agriculture Department tests confirmed the spread of soybean rust, a yield-slashing fungus, in three more fields in Louisiana, a university scientist familiar with USDA activities told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Scientists are investigating the cause of the latest UK foot-and-mouth outbreak at two farms in Surrey.
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A federal effort to quickly pinpoint and contain outbreaks of disease among livestock is coming under attack.
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Campaigners today call for urgent tests on the nation's farm animals after the emergence of a new strain of MRSA which has spread rapidly among farmers in Europe, causing an array of serious infections.
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BATON ROUGE, La. The first US cases of soybean rust have turned up at two research sites in Louisiana. The fungus creates reddish-brown blotches on leaves.
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The USDA is researching another inconclusive test for mad cow disease.
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Description: The government says a preliminary test suggests that another animal in the US could have mad cow disease. The US Department of Agriculture called the test result inconclusive, and has sent a sample from the animal for confirmatory testing.
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An avenue of trees that are showing the early signs of Dutch elm disease are to be surveyed.
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Tests are being carried out Sunday to determine the extent of bluetongue infection after the first-ever case was detected in Britain, where farmers are already dealing with foot-and-mouth disease.
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Soybean rust disease was confirmed  on Friday in Georgia, making it the fourth U.S. state to be  infected with the devastating crop fungus in nine days, state  officials said.
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AMES, Iowa -- The US Department of Agriculture lab in Ames is looking into a possible case of mad cow disease in the United States.
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The number of Brazilian municipalities that registered cases of Asian soybean rust disease jumped to 81 from 51 in six days, the government's crop research department Embrapa said on Tuesday.
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The US Department of Agriculture yesterday said it is testing a suspect animal for mad cow disease and would know within a week whether it has discovered the second case in the United States.
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Storms probably carried soybean rust spores into Louisiana this year. Next year, Iowa might be hit. Washington, DC - A fungus that can seriously damage soybean plants has been spotted in Louisiana, the first
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WASHINGTON - US farmers should have enough fungicide available next year to combat the newly arrived soybean rust disease, and federal regulators may speed up the approval of additional chemical treatments, the American Soybean Association said.
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A 39-year-old Douglas County resident has the flu. The Douglas County Health Department ran confirmation tests on cultures Tuesday.
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Illinois farmer Rick Parker  was busy spraying his crops with pesticide this week but weeds  were not his biggest worry as he surveyed his fields.