Blogs

  • Fundamentally Speaking

    Chart by Joel Karlin, DTN Contributing Analyst
    Posted by Joel Karlin , DTN Contributing Analyst

    USDA week 29 national soybean condition report for the 2025, 2024 and 2000-2025 average rating for the U.S. and top 18 states vs. the percent that the week 29 rating this year deviates from the 2000-2025 average.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    The NOAA Seasonal Drought Outlook through October calls for limited areas of drought east of the Rockies. This is in sharp contrast to the fall of 2024, when dryness and drought were widespread in the central and eastern U.S. (NOAA, USDA, Drought Mitigation Center graphics)
    Posted by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus

    Prospects are for the central and eastern U.S. to have the lowest levels of dryness and drought in seven years when corn harvest gets underway.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    Terry Abbott, chairman of the Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology and senior product portfolio manager of Adjuvants Unlimited, testifies during a House Ag Committee hearing on crop protection tools on Tuesday. Abbott was the most outspoken witness regarding the Make America Healthy Again Commission's recent report. (Screenshot from House Ag Committee hearing livestream video)
    Posted by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent

    The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on Tuesday addressing statements by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about crop protection tools as well as legislation that could ease the development of new tools to protect crops from disease and...

  • Ethanol Blog

    A new study funded by the Advanced Biofuels Association is critical of a Trump administration proposal on the Renewable Fuel Standard. (DTN photo by Joel Reichenberger)

    A new study finds the Trump administration's Renewable Fuel Standard proposal to cut RINs by 50% for foreign feedstocks could harm biomass-based diesel growth.

  • Canada Markets

    AAFC released their July update on Monday with canola assumptions stealing the show. They were forced to increase the 2024-25 export estimate to 9.5 mmt due to strong shipment totals to date (in green). They did stick with their 6-mmt export estimate for 2025-26 (in orange) due to a lack of supplies. It will now be up to the market to do a better job of discouraging exports in the coming year. (DTN chart, Statistics Canada and AAFC data)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    Even a 1.611-mmt revision higher to past years' canola production was not enough to offset strong demand, leaving price rationing necessary for the year to come.

  • Sort & Cull

    Although feedlot managers have lighter showlists this week, it's likely cattle will trade steady at best. (DTN file photo by Pamela Smith)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    Although feedlot managers are working with lighter showlists this week, they're going to face some pushback as the board is likely to remain cautious and packers do have more cattle committed to them in the deferred delivery option.

  • Market Matters Blog

    A spring wheat field matures in eastern North Dakota. (Photo courtesy of Darrin Schmidt)

    The annual Wheat Quality Council Spring Wheat and Durum Tour begins this week with expectations that scouts will see a good crop.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    Autos are Japan's big export to the U.S. and the Japanese are struggling to get the recently imposed 25% tariff on them lowered. (Photo by Kevin Krejci; CC BY-2.0)

    One of the most important countries having a hard time reaching a deal to ease the recently imposed U.S. tariffs is Japan. The pro-American ruling party just suffered a major electoral defeat.

  • Editors' Notebook

    Many lessons are learned at county fairs. Youth learn responsibility when caring for their animals. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Jennifer Carrico)
    Posted by Jennifer Carrico , Senior Livestock Editor

    County fairs teach youth essential life skills including work ethic, resilience and responsibility through project completion. These events provide valuable lessons in communication, politeness, sportsmanship and appreciation that serve participants well throughout their lives.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    As demand for farm loans continues to grow, lenders report plenty of funding is available to meet the demand. (Chart courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)

    While more farmers are leaning on bank financing for 2025, others are finding it tough to stay in business. Farm banks are well-situated to support increased loan demand as capital levels and profitability grew in 2024.

  • Production Blog

    These dried corn ears may look odd, but miracles such as the gene that makes roasting ears super sweet can lie within. The lab that delivered this tasty treat and many other innovations is now in jeopardy from budget cuts. (Photo by Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    The University of Illinois lab responsible for innovations such as short stature corn and super sweet varieties of sweet corn is in jeopardy of closure. A vital soybean seed lab is also on the proposed closure list.

  • MachineryLink

    AGCO's Trimble PTx brand is adding Fendt tractors and tillage functions to its award-winning OutRun autonomous technology, a solution already giving farmers an automated grain cart capability. (Photo courtesy of AGCO Trimble PTx)
    Posted by Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor

    DTN/Progressive Farmer recently talked with Trimble PTx Senior Product Manager Dinen Subramaniam about Trimble PTx's award-winning OutRun autonomous technology. Available now as an autonomous grain cart solution, Trimble PTx is adding tillage functions and AGCO-brand Fendt...

  • Technically Speaking

    This is a daily chart of December corn futures showing the vulnerable support area and little below that. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Dana Mantini , Senior Market Analyst

    December corn on Monday is under severe pressure again and for about the eighth time is challenging the support area of $4.33 to $4.34. The more a chart point is challenged, the more vulnerable it becomes with each additional test. A look at the weekly version of the December...

  • South America Calling

    The April forecast from DTN is calling for well-below-normal rainfall for the tail end of Brazil's wet season. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    Soil moisture is below normal in many of Brazil's safrinha corn growing areas. A drier outlook for April puts that corn crop at a higher risk of drought and damage.

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