United States Risks Soybean Rust Invasion with Imports, Senator from Iowa Says.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: January 22, 2004 | Copyright information

By Marlene Lucas, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 22--If processors in the United States import South American soybeans, there's a chance they also will import soybean rust.

Rust is a fungus, and U.S. soybean producers luckily have not had to worry about it yet.

Soybean rust had plagued farmers in Asia before it spread to South America and Africa.

Brazilian fields infested with rust have lost as much as 80 percent of their soybean production.

Until this year, the United States has grown enough soybeans to satisfy ...

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