USDA Finds Devastating Soy Rust in Louisiana
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The first case of soybean rust has been found on the mainland United States and could affect U.S. crops for the near future, costing farmers millions of dollars, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.
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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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Federal inspectors found the strain of salmonella behind a recent food-poisoning outbreak at the ConAgra Foods Inc. plant that made the tainted peanut butter, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
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Nov 18, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said today it is running confirmatory tests on a possible new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease.
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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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Federal officials Thursday announced the possible discovery of a case of mad cow disease, which sent a shock through the cattle business even before a final result was in.
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An E. coli outbreak that has sickened 59 people in the Northeast is prompting concern among West Coast farmers after officials announced that scallions suspected as carriers of the bacteria came from a Southern California farm.
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Wind-borne spores probably brought the soybean rust fungus from South America during the hurricane season. They were discovered after most of Louisiana&#39;s soybeans had been harvested, says state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom.
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Agriculture officials are testing plant samples from three Louisiana parishes and one Mississippi county for the fungus soybean rust, which damages crop production and forces farmers to use costly fungicide treatments.
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Two companies are recalling livestock and fish feed ingredients because they contain the industrial chemical melamine, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
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An Iowa-based company has recalled more than 5,000 lbs. of ground beef after tests detected a harmful strain of the E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
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Tests confirmed soybean rust disease  has spread throughout Louisiana and into Mississippi, the U.S.  Agriculture Department said on Tuesday, adding to fears the  fungus could rapidly infect more Southern states.
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By J.B. Smith, Waco Tribune-Herald, Texas  Jun. 24--A leader in the Stephenville-area dairy industry faces penalties  from the state for failing to apply for a permit in the environmentally  impaired North Bosque watershed.
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U.S. 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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The same industrial chemical that led to a massive pet food recall was used by a U.S. manufacturer of ingredients for feeding livestock, fish and shrimp, health officials said Wednesday.
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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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Tests confirmed soybean rust disease has spread throughout Louisiana and into Mississippi, the US Agriculture Department said on Tuesday, adding to fears the fungus could rapidly infect more Southern states.