We’ve been keeping a vague eye on Asian soybean rust ever since it was first found in US soybean fields in 2004. Truth to tell, there’s nothing like the prospect of disease-induced panic, fed by genetic uniformity, to give us a warm inner glow. So we’ve actually been a bit disappointed that as yet there have been no direct losses to soybean rust in the US. Of course, there have been economic costs associated with spraying fungicides, but that’s not the same. Today, with a teeny shiver of Schadenfreude, we bring you State has first loss to soybean rust, from the Mississippi Agricultural News.