Kentucky News updated as of August 27, 2008

• Hello Everyone,
  
  The soybean rust risk for Kentucky continues to be very low into the immediate future.
  
  As you can see from the maps, below, the number and extent of finds so far this year is way behind where it was this time last year. On this date in 2007, soybean rust was on the move in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Arkansas; and was present to one extent or another in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. But recall that in 2007, we barely had any soybean rust and I can say that no yield was lost in KY due to the disease that year.
  
  Presently, the disease is still pretty much on a holding pattern. There have been two new finds in Georgia the last couple of days, so my guess is that we will soon begin to see an upturn in disease in that state and perhaps in South Carolina and other states as Tropical Storm Fay plays out. The bottom of this update shows the forecasted rain for 24, 48 and 72 hours out. It is very likely that the next few days’ rain events will impact the future soybean rust situation. However, I believe it will be too little and too late to damage our soybean crop. It is my opinion that any soybean field in Kentucky that is at stage R5 or later is now safe from damage due to soybean rust.
  
  

2008

2007

24-hr Rain Forecast

48-hr Rain Forecast

72-hr Rain Forecast

 

• News update (August 11, 2008)
• News update (August 02, 2008)
• News update (July 23, 2008)
• News update (July 10, 2008)
• News update (June 24, 2008)
• News update (June 09, 2008)
• News update (May 28, 2008)
• News update (May 07, 2008)
• News update (April 27, 2008)
• News update (April 25, 2008)
• News update (April 09, 2008)
• News update (April 07, 2008)

2007

• News update (October 27, 2007)
• News update (October 22, 2007)
• News update (October 12, 2007)
• News update (October 10, 2007)
• News update (October 3, 2007)
• News update (September 28, 2007)
• News update (September 26, 2007)
• News update (September 21, 2007)
• News update (September 18, 2007)
• News update (September 14, 2007)
• News update (September 9, 2007)
• News update (September 7, 2007)
• News update (August 31, 2007)
• News update (August 27, 2007)
• News update (August 23, 2007)
• News update (August 16, 2007)
• News update (August 14, 2007)
• News update (August 13, 2007)
• News update (June 19, 2007)
  
  
• archived news page (through April, 2005)

Trainings

• no soybean rust specific trainings are presently being offered in Kentucky