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2026 National Cover Crop Report: 400 acres a farm, a third grazing covers, drones rising

The ninth CTIC/SARE/ASTA survey, released 1 September at the Farm Progress Show from 657 farmers in 46 states, finds average cover-crop acreage of 397.9, a 3.5 bu/ac corn and 1.4 bu/ac soybean yield gain after covers, one in three users grazing them, 16.3% using drones, and 81.6% of farmers paid an

CropLife19 September 20262 min read

Crops

Ohio State tests chaff lining, a sub-$1,000 combine chute, as an assist against waterhemp

A chute on the combine funnels chaff and weed seed into narrow rows — past research put 95% of waterhemp seed into 5% of a field — and Ohio Soybean Council-funded work by Amber Emmons and Dr Eugene Law finds heavy chaff can cut waterhemp emergence 90% at densities equal to a 100 bu/ac soybean crop,

CropLife19 September 20262 min read

Agribusiness

CHS to build a US$700 million soybean crushing plant in Wisconsin by autumn 2028

The farmer-owned cooperative's Evansville plant, due for completion in autumn 2028, will process 80 million bushels a year into about a billion pounds of oil and two million tons of meal, employ around 80 people and lift CHS's soybean crushing capacity by more than two-thirds on top of its Fairmont

CropLife15 September 20262 min read

Agribusiness

Hormuz, a rail merger and river levels: US ag retailers told to store fertilizer early

With phosphorus retailing above US$1,000 a ton and some retailers burned on spring nitrogen, CropLife hears GROWMARK, AgriPartners and Sunrise Cooperative urge early procurement, more storage and honest grower communication; nearly half of global urea exports pass the Strait of Hormuz, over 60% of U

CropLife14 September 20262 min read