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  • Ag Policy Blog

    Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen at a farmer event on Monday in eastern Nebraska. Rollins told reporters that USDA's reorganization plans may be delayed based on legal battles. The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and throw out a lower court ruling blocking plans for steep job cuts across the federal government. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    The RIF plans across federal agencies are currently under a temporary restraining order issued by a U.S. district judge in California stemming from a request filed by multiple unions representing federal employees. The judge had initially ruled the administration's plans for mass...

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    New crop U.S. wheat exports as of the second week of May vs. those sales as a percent of the USDA's first export projection given in the May WASDE report.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    A unique set of weather conditions kicked up dust storms ahead of a line of strong thunderstorms in several parts of the Corn Belt. High winds with gusts up to near 60 mph on May 16 blew dust across fields near North Bend, Nebraska. (DTN photo by Elaine Shein)

    Powerful winds whipped up planting season dust across the country during the weekend, prompting a dust storm warning in Chicago, which has not seen one of such magnitude since 1934.

  • Sort & Cull

    Fed cash cattle prices have rallied from $17 to $28 higher during the last five weeks. (DTN file photo by Jim Patrico)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    With packers having built up some supply during the last three weeks, and with the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, it's likely fed cash cattle prices could trade steady this week.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    Temperatures that were either much higher than average or record-high covered most of the world during the period from January through April 2025. (NOAA/NCEI graphic)
    Posted by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus

    The global average January-April temperature was the second highest on record, second only to 2024.

  • Production Blog

    This field of corn in Indiana was planted April 27 and is already off to the races. Scouting by growth stages can help finetune management. (DTN photo by EllaMae Reiff)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    Summer heat puts corn on a fast track. Knowing when to take a closer look can help avoid yield roadblocks.

  • Ethanol Blog

    With California expected to lose about 17% of gasoline-refining capability, perhaps the door opens wider to E85 and other higher ethanol blends. (DTN file photo)

    With the state of California expected to lose about 17% of its refining capacity, the door might swing open wider for the ethanol industry to cash in on E85.

  • Canada Markets

    Monday's USDA update contained a bullish surprise with 2025-26 soybean ending stocks pegged at 295 mb (in green). That leaves very little room for error, especially considering they assumed a record 52.5 bpa yield. If all else remains the same and yield ends up at 51 bpa, the carryover falls to levels not seen since 2013 (in orange). (USDA and DTN data, DTN chart)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    The soybean market is sure to see increased weather-related volatility in the year ahead following a much-lower-than-expected new-crop ending-stocks estimate.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    The U.S.-China agreement on a 90-day suspension of mutually destructive triple-digit tariffs will allow at least some trade to continue. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    The U.S.-China agreement to reduce tariffs will allow more trade but it won't help solve the most critical American economic problem with China: our reliance on that country for critical manufactured products.

  • Market Matters Blog

    Local roads used by farmers and ranchers to get cattle and grain to market need to be kept in good shape to keep commerce moving smoothly. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)

    The National Grain and Feed Association joined with 38 other leading agricultural organizations asking Congress to prioritize the reauthorization of the nation's surface transportation programs.

  • Technically Speaking

    December corn futures are relatively low, but there's a long growing season still ahead. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Rhett Montgomery , DTN Lead Analyst

    New-crop December corn futures are again trading amongst the lowest prices of the 2025 calendar year, but traders may be hesitant in placing too large of a bearish bet with the growing season still ahead.

  • MachineryLink

    CNH reports lower sales and moderate price increases as it releases first quarter 2025 financial results. (Image courtesy of Case-IH)

    CNH Industrial, parent company of Case IH and New Holland, forecasts lower ag sales and income for 2025, while also announcing a moderate price increase "in the low single digit(s)."

  • 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.

  • Editors' Notebook

    Posted by Greg D Horstmeier , DTN Editor-in-Chief

    March 18 is National Ag Day in the United States. DTN hopes you'll join us in recognizing and celebrating the many benefits that agriculture brings to our nation, to our overall economy, and to the world.

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