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Farmers for Free Trade has been highlighting the importance of trade deals since the first Trump administration but has ramped up its focus in the past year on protecting the USMCA as well. The group held a discussion on Tuesday about agriculture and the trade deal as...

Drought is expected to cover most of the Plains during the upcoming spring season.

Although the fed cash cattle market performed exceptionally last week and traded $1 higher in the South and $7 higher in the North, cattle contracts closed lower on Monday as too many external pressures weighed negatively against the marketplace.

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

Alta, Norway, latitude just shy of 70 North, population 20,000, is the kind of small town that attracts people to small-town life.

USDA's Ag Outlook Forum soybean oil supply and demand estimates for biofuel use should underpin vegetable oil markets for the year to come.

There are mixed signals for precipitation across Brazil through the end of February, which could influence safrinha (second-crop) corn planting.

The intimidation tactics becoming all-too familiar in politics today have now reached a trusted institution in agriculture: The FFA. Enough's enough.

Lotion fresh from the dairy farm can help show your softer side this Valentine's Day.

Christopher Burdett pleaded guilty to generating $7 million in fraudulent renewable fuel credits by vastly overstating biodiesel production, as part of Renewable Fuel Standard scheme.

Percent change in U.S. corn area & percent change in harvested area vs. harvested/planted ratio

While the corn market has reacted in a positive manner from the renewed concern about dryness in the southern half of Argentina, the sharp fall in the U.S. dollar, rise in crude oil and recent talk about a policy in favor of year-round E15, there are some technical roadblocks...

Commodities brokers advise farmers to develop disciplined grain marketing plans based on production costs, stick to price targets, seek professional guidance and utilize futures and options for effective risk management.

A G4 geomagnetic storm may degrade satellite navigation for some hours and disrupt low-frequency radio navigation. But given this is January and not the middle of spring planting, this storm if it arrives will have negligible effect on U.S. farms.