Soybean rust was detected in 19 States in 2007, but severe rust epidemics did not occur. By the end of 2007, the presence of rust had been confirmed in 53 counties in Georgia, 40 in Alabama, 37 in Missouri, 33 in Arkansas, 26 in Mississippi and Texas, 24 in Florida, 21 in Louisiana, 14 in Iowa, 12 in Oklahoma, 9 in Kansas and Virginia, 7 in South Carolina and Tennessee, 6 in North Carolina, 4 in Illinois and Nebraska, 3 in Kentucky, and 1 in Indiana.
Source: Economic Research Service, USDA.