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Kentucky News updated as of September 15, 2008

  • Hello Everyone,

    There are no big changes in the soybean rust situation since my last update. The 2008 map is starting to look a little like it did this time last year; however, the number of finds and distribution are still down. KY soybeans are out of the woods for 2008.

    You should be aware that the SBR sentinel network is having great difficulty coming with the necessary funds to maintain what has been done each year since 2005. As of next year, the number of sites being regularly monitored for soybean rust is likely going to be significantly reduced. This may or may not be acceptable; I am not sure myself. There is also a very good chance that the maps you see below, will not be available beginning in 2009. This, I believe, will be a real negative.

    What has happened is that USDA –RMA has completely cut funding for the SBR / ipm PIPE beginning with the funding needed to run the 209 network. Right now it looks as though many local soybean check-off boards in the Midsouth and Midwest may have the political will and financial ability to support up to half (maybe more) of the current SBR monitoring effort in each state. However, what will happen in some states in the deep South that have limited soybean acreage (and very limited check-off funding) is still in question. In addition, the information technology portion of the network (i.e., the maps, predictive models, etc), is really up in the air and no clear source of funding has surfaced. I do believe all will not be lost, but I am that sure some of what we have been doing to monitor soybean rust and communicate our findings to you, will be compromised to an extent beginning next year. There are those who think this is no big deal….that soybean rust is not a real threat anyway. My personal opinion is that it is too early in the game to come to this conclusion. The existence of soybean rust spores in the upper Midwest and parts of Canada in mid-summer over the past 3 years is troublesome. Hopefully, any system we come up with, and that can be sustained, will take into consideration the possibility that soybean rust has the ability to make leaps in geography and may not always move in a predictable way from south to north.

    What we are able to do for next growing season will be clear in the next few months. I will be sure to keep you up to date to the best of my ability.

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