Seeding news

First US cover crop survey on drones: timing wins, stand establishment worries

Of 459 cover crop users in the 2026 National Cover Crop Survey, 2.8 percent seeded with their own drones and 13.5 percent hired a pilot; 75 percent named timing as the main benefit and 47 percent poor stands as the main challenge.

Precision Farming Dealer22 October 20262 min read

Crops

Manitoba trials put numbers on soybean seeding depth: 14% lost too shallow, 9% too deep

University of Manitoba researcher Kristen MacMillan's six site-years at Carman and Arborg found yields within 5% of the maximum from 1.9 to 5.1 cm; at 0.6 cm only 41% of seed established as it dried out, and at 5.7 cm seedlings struggled to emerge, evidence now in the scientific record behind exist

Manitoba Co-operator10 September 20263 min read