The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of soybean rust on soybean leaf samples taken from two plots associated with a Louisiana State University research farm on 11/06/04.
While this is the first instance of soybean rust to be found in the United States, the detection comes at a time when most soybeans have been harvested across the country. As a result of the harvest, the impact of the fungus should be minimal this year.
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