According to the latest USDA Crop Progress report, 87% of soybeans in the U.S. have been harvested, above the 71% harvested this time last week and the 83% 5 year average.

In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from other farmers in the past month.

The EPA says it is proposing new measures to reduce risks associated with paraquat in order to better to protect human health and the environment.

CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announced that it has completed its acquisition of a minority stake in Zasso Group AG, a global specialist in non-chemical weed and invasive plant management solutions using electrical power.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that EPA is approving new 5-year registrations for two dicamba products and extending the registration of an additional dicamba product.

According to the latest crop progress report from USDA, 72% of corn in the U.S. has been harvested, surpassing the 38% harvested in the same week last year and the 5 year average of 56%.

Adding livestock to a cover crop system is considered the last step in bringing cover crops full circle in an operation. One Kansas grower and livestock producer shares insights from 35-plus years of no-till, 23 years of cover cropping and using livestock to increase his soil’s health and productivity while significantly reducing input costs.

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Agrisolutions, we share excerpts from our recent conversation with 7th generation farmer Trent Sanderson, who discusses some of his transitional goals and conservation principles applied on his diverse farm operation in Clare, Ill.