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Six percent of the US soybean crop was harvested by 13 September, double the five-year average, with Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas well ahead and yields reported as strong across the South.
Farm tractor sales in the United States fell 8% year on year in August to 14,571 units and self-propelled combine sales dropped 4%, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers reported, with Canadian combine sales down more than 40%.
CropsUSDA now expects South Dakota corn to average 145 bushels an acre this year, down from 171 in 2025, and soybeans 42 bushels against 47, as drought covers nearly seven-tenths of the state and only a third of the corn is rated good to excellent.
The US Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the Agricultural Act of 2026 on a party-line 12–11 vote after a failed attempt last month, drawing praise from grain, dairy and biofuel groups, opposition from the Meat Institute over country-of-origin labelling, and disappointment from young farmers.
CropsCombines are running in 12 of the 18 main corn states, with Texas 73% and North Carolina 54% harvested, while USDA's September yield forecasts fall for Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois and Indiana and rise for Iowa, Tennessee and Kentucky.
AgrotechA granular hydrogel called InteliGel, placed under the seed to soak up water in wet spells and release it in dry ones, raised soybean yields by 19.2 bushels an acre in a dry 2024 season and about 9 in a wet 2025 at Precision Planting's research farm, though it will not be sold before 2028.
CropsUSDA's 24th Crop Progress report of the season shows 8% of US corn and 6% of soybeans harvested by 13 September, ahead of the five-year averages, with corn rated 57% good to excellent and winter wheat planting lagging at 8%.
LivestockOctober feeder cattle futures gained $12.35 to $332.50 per hundredweight and October live cattle rose $6.73 to $219.68 in the week of 7 September, a rebound that university economists put down to correction after weeks of selling rather than to any new bullish news.
CropsWeeks of drought and temperatures 10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit above normal have left more than a third of Kansas corn rated poor or very poor, and dryland growers say some fields will not be worth harvesting.
CropsNearly half of Missouri's corn was mature and 14% harvested by 6 September, well ahead of normal, while the US Drought Monitor reports expanding moderate to extreme drought in the south-central and south-west of the state and USDA forecasts a corn yield of 181 bushels an acre, four below last year.
CropsThe fungal disease tar spot has been found in corn in Randolph County, North Carolina, the state's first confirmed case, bringing to 19 the number of US states reporting it this year; a state pathologist says late-season infections rarely cut yield but scouting matters if wet weather continues.
Market ManagementThe September WASDE lowers the 2026/27 US corn yield by 2.2 bushels to 178.5 an acre and production by 213 million bushels to 15.8 billion, trims corn ending stocks to 1.6 billion, raises soybean output to 4.5 billion bushels with exports up 25 million, and leaves wheat unchanged.
The IRS has ruled that USDA-recognised low-carbon farming practices count towards the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit and the Energy Department has updated its carbon model accordingly, a step corn, soybean and sorghum groups say finally makes the credit usable for farmers and biofuel plants.
