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Farmer Rodney Bushmeyer plants soybean seed at the Bushmeyer farm in Hull, March, 25, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Farmer Rodney Bushmeyer opens the hatch to a planter at the Bushmeyer farm in Hull, March, 25, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Bryce Bushmeyer, left, 40, adjusts a bin of soybean seed while his father, Rodney Bushmeyer, 69, both of Hull, sits atop a seed tender at the Bushmeyer farm in Hull, March, 25, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Farmer Rodney Bushmeyer holds a tube connected to a seed tender where soybean seeds flow into a planter at the Bushmeyer farm in Hull, March, 25, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Farmer Rodney Bushmeyer operates a tractor pulling a planter that plants soybean seed at the Bushmeyer farm in Hull, March, 25, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Bryce Bushmeyer moves a bin of soybean seed in a shed at the Bushmeyer farm in Hull, March, 25, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)