Blogs

Large green lentils and red lentils reached a crop year high over the week ending March 29.

Here's a two-minute look at Great Plains Ag's new vertical tillage VT1100 Turbo Max with its larger frame for new finishing attachments, new finishing baskets and adjust-on-the-go option for the cab.

Heavy rain, snow and cold bring the prospect of delayed almond flowering and late planting of high-demand produce crops in "America's Salad Bowl."

USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) on Thursday announced it would expand Margin Protection plans for farmers in 1,255 counties for soybeans and 1,729 counties for corn production. The expansion will happen for the 2024 crops.

Gasoline retailers and ethanol industry officials have been meeting with federal lawmakers and Biden administration officials this week in Washington, D.C., making a case for an emergency waiver to allow E15 sales to continue this summer.

The first oceangoing ship of the season arrived in the Twin Ports of Duluth-Superior, breaking a record for the earliest arrival.

Scatterplot showing the metric tons of corn per grain consuming animal unit vs. the average farm price expressed both in nominal terms or the actual figure the USDA posts and the real average farm price which is the nominal price adjusted for inflation

We often view the grain markets as highly reactive to any weather changes, but the cattle contracts can be affected by weather developments, too.

For 13 straight days, November soybeans closed lower -- before Friday that is. On Friday, the market overcame more early selling to close up sharply to finish last week.

Three farmers emailed detailed thoughts on whether economics or cultural issues better explain why the countryside votes increasingly Republican even as Democrats make electoral gains in the suburbs.

The 2023 Commodity Classic drew a record crowd to a sold-out trade show. Here's a rundown on three more items from the event that caught the attention of one DTN crops editor.

After some delayed planting for safrinha corn, Mother Nature is not helping out by reducing rains across central Brazil going into and through April.

March 21 is National Ag Day. Hope you'll join us to salute all the important things agriculture brings to our nation and the world.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's most recent survey of lenders shows that non-real estate farm loans increased by 20% on average as production costs climbed. Interest rates also climbed to a 10-year high, putting additional pressure on financing costs.