Soybean rust program March 14

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

MONMOUTH - To help prepare soybean producers, crop advisers and other agri-business professionals for scouting, sampling, detection and management of soybean rust for the 2007 growing season, University of Illinois Extension has planned a distance education program March 14 hosted by many Extension offices across the state.

The program will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Henderson County Extension Office in Stronghurst, the Mercer County Extension Office in Aledo and the Warren County Extension Office in Monmouth. Registration for the program begins at 8:30 a.m.

Soybean producers, crop advisers and other agri-business professionals will hear the most current information on the biology and monitoring for soybean rust, scouting and detection of soybean rust and management strategies in the 2007 soybean crop.

Spore trapping, prediction modeling, fungicide efficacy, in-field scouting and fungicide application are just some of the many topics that will be discussed by Extension, USDA and University personnel from Illinois and other states.

For more information and to register, contact the Henderson County Extension Office at 924-1163, the Mercer County Extension Office at 582-5106 or the Warren County Extension Office at 734-5161. There is no cost to attend.