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An adviser to President Trump and an activist in the Make America Healthy Again movement said there is a deep state in agriculture that must be rooted out, but MAHA can't afford to make enemies of corn and soybean farmers while pressing for changes to the ultra-processed...

The soybean market has finally shown signs of concern over the sharp drop in acres and the heightened risk to supply resulting from it.

USDA came out with a monster corn yield forecast for the 2025-26 season in the Aug. 12 WASDE report. Can that really be justified by the recent weather? And what hazards await for the rest of the season?

This graphic plots the USDA 2025, average and maximum soybean ratings for the period 2000-2025 by week vs. the percent that this year's weekly soybean ratings deviate from the 2000-2025 average and how the maximum rating ever that week deviated from that average.

USDA's forecast of record 16.7-billion-bushel corn crop prompts the Renewable Fuels Association to call for E15 expansion and regulatory reform to boost farmer demand.

The 2025 DTN Digital Yield Tour is one of the many ways we try to provide critical information to farmers and to the agricultural industry.

There's an argument to be made that the market should be able to rebound from last Friday's meltdown. On the other hand, there's a strong argument to be made that maybe the futures complex needs a break.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is steady versus one week ago.

The next MAHA report may not recommend against glyphosate, as farmers fear, but there are other ways the health and human services secretary can take swipes at the herbicide.

Despite near ideal growing season weather, a nonthreatening forecast into the middle of August and rising yield estimates, November beans have been able to bounce the past three days. However, based on rising supply, tepid demand and no China trade deal so far, I would not...

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.

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.

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...

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.