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Originally Posted by CVD
"While Rick Dunkle, APHIS Deputy Administrator of Plant Protection and Quarantine, called the finding "concerning" he noted the timing is such that it is likely to have a minimal impact. Most commercial soybeans in the area have been harvested already."
"Costs for treatment in the US are estimated at $25/acre on average. That would represent a 15% increase in costs for those producers who are affected."
"So far three active ingredients have been approved for Section 18 emergency exemptions for use in treating Asian Soybean Rust: propiconazole (Tilt, Propimax, Bumper), myclobutanil (Laredo), and tebuconazole (Folicur)."
...not to be an ass, but I dont see the catastrophe.
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As of now I agree, there will not be anything happening yet this year. The soybean crop this year is fine but what about next year? What if it hasn't spread much by next spring but by next summer it may affect those producers who double crop beans and don't get their fields planted till late June/early July. The treatments above, from everything I have seen, do not guarantee 100% success. They only 'treat' the problem.