New Agriculture Network - organic, sustainable agriculture, organic farming

The New Agriculture Network: Farmers, researchers and educators teaming up for sustainable and organic solutions in the Great Lakes region

The New Agriculture Network's on-line newsletter with seasonal advice for field crop and vegetable growers interested in organic agriculture.

Contents - some land grant university information

	State-specific links and advice
	USDA National updates and general advice
	USDA North Central Region updates and general advice

State-specific links and advice
Iowa State University has prepared a fact sheet with photos that provides a good overview for organic growers and includes useful links. (see this pdf file).

Purdue University offers links with information at: http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/soybean_rust.html

Michigan State University's detection plans and advice are posted at:
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/new-ag/msurust.htm
Updates from MSU Extension for all Michigan farmers are available at the Michigan Soybean Growers Reference.

The University of Illinois posts information at:
http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/rust/

National updates and general advice
NEW March 2005 - USDA introduces comprehensive web site for updates and other information: http://www.usda.gov/soybeanrust/
A map reporting scouting and finds at sentinel plots is at: http://www.sbrusa.net/

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provides comprehensive information at:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ep/soybean_rust/

News updates such as the following are posted at:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/sbr/sbr.html

Sample news update from APHIS
December 1, 2004: STATES INFECTED BY WIND-BORNE SOYBEAN FUNGUS RISE TO NINE

Researchers at the National Plant Germplasm and Biotechnology Laboratory in Beltsville, Md., said today (December 1, 2004) that one of two soybean leaf samples collected near Memphis, Tenn., has tested positive for Phakopsora pachyrhizi, or soybean rust. Soybean rust, a disease spread primarily by wind-borne spores, has been confirmed in nine states since it was first discovered in the United States on Nov. 10 in Louisiana. Other states include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri and South Carolina.

USDA North Central Region updates and general advice
The North Central IPM Center offers updates and links at:
http://www.ncpmc.org/soybeanrust/index.html

A fact sheet in Spanish is also available at their site:
Alerta Nacional De Plagas: La Roya de la Soya (pdf file)

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