Blogs

  • Canada Markets

    Despite outstanding export demand amid tight supplies, managed money funds and commodity index traders continued to aggressively reduce their combined net-long corn positions as May began, so now down a whopping 473,692 contracts (2.368 billion bushels) from their Feb. 17 peak. (DTN ProphetX chart by Mitch Miller)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    Funds continue to aggressively sell old-crop corn (regardless of bullish fundamentals for it) as if that corn were facing the more bearish new-crop fundamentals.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    Landowners interested in enrolling ground in the General or Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) have until June 6 to submit their applications. General CRP has a ranking process while Continuous CRP is first-come, first-serve. Each program operates differently and has different rental rates as well. (DTN file photo)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    USDA under the Biden administration boosted the Conservation Reserve Program acreage by 4.4 million acres to hit roughly 25.9 million acres. USDA officials noted overall sign up for new enrollment is limited because of the farm bill cap of 27 million acres. Producers have until June...

  • Ag Weather Forum

    Temperatures in Fargo, North Dakota, are forecast to drop significantly during the next few days as a storm system is forecast to bring in much-colder air, threatening frosts this weekend into early next week. Other spots in the region should see a similar result. (DTN graphic)

    A burst of summer heat is on its way out this week as a strong storm system moves through the North-Central U.S. and Canadian Prairies. Temperatures will fall dramatically behind the system.

  • Sort & Cull

    Upon hearing Mexican cattle imports have again been banned and President Donald Trump is working to get a trade agreement reached with China, the cattle complex shot higher. (DTN ProphetX Chart)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    Although it was exciting to see the cattle contracts trade sharply higher amid bullish news headlines, market participants can't forget the gaps in the chart will eventually be filled in.

  • 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.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

    (Chart by Joel Karlin)

    A look at the SX/CZ ratio -- in light of current events -- suggests corn acreage will increase quite a bit from the intentions report, at the expense of soybean acres.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark federal funds rate to 4.25%-4.5% late last year but has held the rate steady since, and there's no saying where it will go in the near future. (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis chart)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    While markets are expecting interest rate cuts later this year, the economic outlook is so uncertain that rates could go up, down or sidewise.

  • 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.

  • Ethanol Blog

    Does the Trump administration understand the economic potential of a sustainable aviation fuel industry? (DTN file photo)

    Although sustainable aviation fuel holds potential economic promise for rural America so far, the Trump administration has shown little interest.

  • Production Blog

    Last year, the top-yielding entry in the National Sorghum Yield Contest nearly quadrupled the national average. How high can yields go in 2025? (Photo courtesy of National Sorghum Producers)

    Entries are now being accepted for the 2025 National Sorghum Yield Contest, which features a new protocol for verifying yields.

  • 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)."

  • Minding Ag's Business

    King Corn exports more value-add products. (USDA, Terrain chart)
    Posted by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor

    Global tensions and trade wars rise as geopolitics, markets, and environmental factors create uncertainty for farmers. Developing value-added products and new markets may offer solutions.

  • 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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