AgribusinessThe Harvest Fuel Relief program will make one-time payments to US farmers to cover part of modeled 2026 losses from market disruptions and higher input costs, with rates for Title I crops due in November.
OpinionGord Gilmour, back on his brother's farm for a late, wet harvest, describes a crew of relatives and neighbours and asks whether city people could fill the gap.
Daily lifeIn a Manitoba Co-operator column, Joan Mudryk recalls how her mother and mother-in-law fed harvest crews in the field, and why the meal at the end gate matters more than the food.
CropsA Maryland farmer found less tar spot where fungicide went on with a high-clearance sprayer than by drone, while rain cost a Minnesota grower $25,000 in edible bean quality in one field.
CropsSupplies are strong, says the Propane Education & Research Council, but delivery is the pinch point if drying demand peaks across the US at once, so farmers are urged to plan ahead.
VegetablesTeagasc says irrigation, soil type and location are driving a wide range of yields, quality is holding up, and demand is good though costs of fuel, fertiliser and land rent are squeezing growers.
CropsWith only 3 percent of Iowa's soybeans harvested by 27 September against a 17 percent average, processors brought in beans by rail and Bunge's Council Bluffs plant bid $1 over futures for prompt delivery.
EnvironmentNutrien Ag Solutions' Eric Snodgrass says an El Nino that has already passed the 2015 record helped bring up to 30 inches of rain to parts of the Corn Belt in August and September, with a drier window and a warm northern winter ahead.
AgribusinessWith on-highway diesel at a national average of $6.38 a gallon and farm diesel near $6 in the Corn Belt, the American Farm Bureau Federation wants the federal highway diesel tax suspended during harvest.
FruitsWarm, dry weather let growers move quickly through Central Valley orchards, Blue Diamond Growers reports, but per-acre yields are below last year, kernels are small and spider-mite defoliation threatens the 2027 crop.
Daily lifeWith most of Michigan's corn and soybeans still in the field, the state Farm Bureau is reminding drivers and farmers to share rural roads safely, as October historically brings the second-highest number of crashes involving farm machinery.
CropsAfter the wettest August on record, Ohio's state climatologist and growers say soybeans may benefit from more moisture while standing corn faces stalk and ear rot.
CropsGrowers in Orkney and Caithness are battling saturated fields and losses, while further south yields are satisfactory, winter crops are going in well and potato lifting is advancing.
