Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 8/31/17

Although Midwestern soybean growers have yet to experience the brunt of soybean rust, growers in the southern United States are very familiar with the disease. Every year, the fungus slowly moves northward from its winter home in southern Florida and the Gulf Coast states, and eventually reaches Illinois soybean fields–often just before harvest. Research shows there is a possibility the disease could jump much longer distances and reach the Midwestern soybean crop earlier in the growing season. 

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