Kentucky News updated as of September 03, 2008

• Hello Everyone,
  
  Soybean rust (SBR) finds are way behind where there were for this date in 2007. SBR is still currently restricted to selected states in the deep South, but things are now beginning to ramp-up. In my opinion, KY soybean are out of SBR danger for 2008. Even if soybean rust were found today, it would still take a month or so for the disease to develop to damaging levels. By that time, harvest will be underway and even doublecrop beans will be approaching maturity, especially in areas that have been dry.
  
  I do believe that Hurricane Gustav, as well as forecasted storms that will hit the US later this week, will cause an upturn in soybean rust finds in the US, especially the deep South where weather conditions are highly favorable for soybean rust development. But for KY, this is all happening too little, too late, to be of any consequence. That, of course, is VERY good news.
  
  Below are the September 2nd maps from 2005-2008. The current situation looks a bit like it did in 2006. Recall in that year that we had zero damage due to soybean rust, but we did eventually find the disease in nearly 20 counties. I think we will see a similar situation develop in October, much like we did during 2006.
  
  

2008

2007

2006

2005

• News update (August 27, 2008)
• News update (August 20, 2008)
• 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