CropsAsked for one word to describe the corn and soybean harvest, agronomists across the Midwest most often chose 'variable', with yields swinging by field on how much rain the crop caught.
Jerry and Valerie Bingham, whose rights date to 1950, say curtailment orders since July 2025 left their 1,000-acre Blackfoot farm dry while junior users with mitigation plans kept pumping.
AgribusinessThe Iowa Realtors Land Institute's September survey puts tillable land up 0.6% over six months and about 1.9% on the year, with pasture and timber ground gaining more.
AgrotechA USDA-funded project is collecting more than 13,000 soil samples from about 6,000 fields to rebuild the free SHAPE online tool so it gives farmers local soil-health benchmarks and practice recommendations.
Market ManagementNew Assisting Specialty Crop Exports awards include $10 million for the IR-4 Project, $3 million for the Codex Alimentarius Commission and $500,000 for a biopesticide rules study.
CropsThe disease resembles Phaeosphaeria leaf spot or maize white spot, but DNA sequencing has not yet identified the fungus; reports have also come from New York and Pennsylvania.
INFLECT, a powder of two bacteria and one fungus applied to corn seed at planting, is designed to protect roots and yields where fields get anhydrous ammonia or heavy manure.
AgrotechThe battery-powered robot films the undersides of soybean leaves where drones cannot see, feeding AI models meant to map frogeye leaf spot hot spots for targeted fungicide.
The three-year ROOTS project, funded by the Bezos Earth Fund, will use a planned AI tool, RootGPT, and Midwest field trials to test whether deeper roots store more soil carbon and resist drought.
The online portal gathers herd health, reproduction and milking data in one place, with AI that flags early signs of mastitis or ketosis and alerts for DeLaval equipment.
CropsThe Weed Science Society of America says well-timed fall cover crops can suppress herbicide-resistant weeds and cut herbicide and nitrogen costs, if they build enough biomass.
CropsA memorandum of understanding pairs EPA pesticide staff with NIEHS, NCI, NIOSH, CDC and FDA experts to fill data gaps before EPA finishes its glyphosate health assessment in early 2027.
Vive Crop Protection's product combines a synthetic and a ProFarm biopesticide for two modes of action against soil insects, plus activity against nematodes; state approvals are expected before February 2027.
