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Enrollment for Agricultural Risk Coverage/Price Loss Coverage continues through Dec. 11 for the 2026 crops. Farmers are making their elections for commodities based on crops already harvested, and they can gauge how much they think the market is going to move during the rest...

Chevron is restarting its 42-million-gallon Ralston, Iowa, biodiesel plant, citing improved market conditions and a Landus partnership providing access to soybean feedstocks.

A historically wet September set the scene for slow harvest progress in both 2018 and 2026 in the Western Corn Belt.

Former White House adviser Calley Means alleges pesticide industry lobbying shaped Trump's glyphosate policy, raising questions about industry influence and the future of agricultural chemicals under Stephen Miller.

U.S. soybean sales and shipments as of the fourth week of October as a percent of the USDA's October WASDE export projection vs. the percent change in U.S. soybean exports from that October report to the final WASDE projection for the year going back to 2000.

In a prolonged war over Taiwan, being unable to import foreign soybeans could create a domestic crisis in China, an expert on China's military argues. We have a few questions about that.

Thanks to trader support and Tyson's announcement that they indeed intend to reopen the second shift at their Amarillo, Texas, beef facility by the summer of 2027, the cattle contracts rallied through Monday's trade.

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

Soil moisture across central Brazil is currently below normal for early November. An increasing rainfall forecast for next week needs to verify or we may start to see issues with developing soybeans.

Most active soybean futures have traded lower in four of the past five weeks, and are again sharply lower through the first days of November, but could the $12.00 level inspire buyers?

Farmers, crop consultants and agribusiness professionals can share opinions on precision spraying, lasers, electrical weeders and autonomous machines in a University of Nebraska survey.

Statistics Canada's July 31 stocks estimates came in above AAFC's August update for all but oats, thanks again to larger-than-expected on-farm stocks.

The U.S. has accomplished a lot in 250 years. Perhaps the best way to appreciate those accomplishments is by learning more about what they really are and how they truly came to be.

In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at high diesel costs hitting returns; March equipment sales down; reports that Cat buys Monarch technology; Fieldwork Robotics readying an autonomous picker; new equipment from KIOTI and Loftness; and Kubota offering...