Lukas Koch is CEO of Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems, which spun out of an ag retail business. From bigger, faster drones that could fly farther, Koch shares more about what the future of application via drone looks like.

Company leaders say the separation will unleash two distinct market leaders that are both farmer-centric, with technology and innovation at their core.

“AgriMax is a great fit for The Arthur Companies because its culture and how they’ve served growers,” says James Burgum, CEO of The Arthur Companies. “We are two independent businesses that have competed to earn growers’ business and trust—first and foremost.”

If heavy residue isn’t managed at harvest, it sets off a chain reaction that can result in uneven plant development and ultimately lost yield potential in 2026.

In the heart of California’s Central Valley, generations of farm families are facing a new kind of crisis: what farmers argue is a man-made drought. It’s mounting water regulations that could determine whether the most fertile farmland in the nation survives.

At the Reints farm in northeast Iowa, corn yields have been running higher than last year, but a lot of yield potential was left in the field due to disease, specifically a rare strain of southern rust.