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Farmers Set New Record for Average Acreage Planted Green, Battled Dry Fall Conditions

Other seeding & termination trends show drones as a seeding tool continued to grow & the type of herbicide used for termination varied by region

Last year’s drought brought some setbacks for cover crop users. Every year we ask survey participants to rank their top three challenges, and the lack of moisture was evident in their responses. 

For starters, emergence in dry weather ranked second among all growers as a significant challenge. Nearly 45% said it was one of their top three — an 11.7 percentage point increase from 2024 — and 22% listed it as their No. 1 issue…

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Laura barrera

Laura Barrera

Laura Barrera is the former managing editor of No-Till Farmer and Conservation Tillage Guide magazines. Prior to joining No-Till Farmer, she served as an assistant editor for a greenhouse publication. Barrera holds a B.A. in magazine journalism from Ball State University.

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