Saturday, December 13, 2025

soybean rust

New fungicide resources available to producers

As the growing season ramps up, grain producers have a new set of free educational tools that can help them better protect their crops from diseases. The Crop Protection Network, an international network of Cooperative Extension specialists and public and...

With soybean rust on the uptick, consider treating later-planted beans

• By Heather Marie Kelly • With all the counties in Alabama with soybean rust present, many Middle Tennessee later-planted soybean fields will most likely benefit from a fungicide application for yield protection. Dr. Ed Sikora, Extension plant pathologist at Auburn...

Early rust find prompts warning for growers to be on the lookout

Every year, a group of researchers and Extension specialists monitor kudzu and soybeans for Asian soybean rust. Although they had found the disease,  caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi, on kudzu in several Southeast counties earlier this season, they now have confirmed...

Research: Diseases pack a big financial wallop

Economic losses due to soybean diseases in the United States from 1996 to 2016 amounted to more than $95 billion, according to a research team from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences who examined the long-term impact of soybean...

As season nears end, don’t drop your guard on soybean rust

• By Dr. Lindsey Thiessen • Many of the soybeans in North Carolina are past the critical growth stages for impact by soybean rust, but there may be a few late-planted, later-maturing fields that could be affected by the disease. Since Hurricane...

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