Kentucky has reported the first ever state positive for soybean rust. This find is on kudzu in Caldwell county.

North Carolina has reported three more positive counties: Greene,Lenoir, and Pitt.

Caldwell county, KY is the farthest north location and Hyde county, NC is the farthest east location where soybean rust has been found in 2005. Liberty county in Texas is the furthest west that rust has been found in 2005. Alabama now has 31 counties reported positive with rust; Florida has 23; Georgia has 34; Mississippi has two; South Carolina has 23; North Carolina has 18; Louisiana has 1;and Texas has 1; Kentucky has 1.

There were 35 counties that reported soybean rust in the month of August with ten reports for September , forty-seven in October[one of the reported counties was confirmed in September],and 26 so far in November.

As the growing season has finished or nearly finished in most regions, the threat of rust has diminished. It may be expected that rust will continue to be found in more counties within states already reporting rust and in adjacent states without causing any economic damage.

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