now equipped with a critical decision support system to assist inmanaging SBR. The USDA-Risk Management Association (RMA)provided funding for SBR surveillance and monitoring to allowreal-time reporting and mapping of the disease and models tosimulate and predict disease spread. The goal of the frameworkwas to reduce economic losses from SBR. The framework includedcooperation and support from USDA agencies such as APHIS,ARS, and the Cooperative State Research Education and ExtensionService (CSREES), as well as national and state/provincial soybeancommodity groups, and state departments of agriculture. Acomprehensive overview of the SBR-PIPE development and funding structure can be found in VanKirk et al