Blogs

  • Canada Markets

    2024-25 corn export commitments to date (shown in green) have only been exceeded once in the last 25 years (by a mere 14 million bushels). With that, USDA should be expected to revise its export estimate higher again on Friday. (DTN chart, USDA data)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    With corn export commitments to date only being exceeded once in the last 25 years (and barely), the USDA should be increasing its export estimate again on Friday.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    USDA on Thursday published a rule that eliminates any programs for farmers or ranchers who had qualified as socially disadvantaged. That affects about 20% of USDA's farm loan volume, as well as preferences for other programs as well. (DTN file photo by Jerry Hagstrom)

    USDA published a final rule Thursday in the Federal Register announcing the end of preferences for race or gender. The rule is effective immediately.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    Heat waves that occur with drought are most common in the western United States but have also been noted elsewhere in the contiguous 48 states. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)
    Posted by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus

    The tendency for air temperature to increase because of heat from dry soils is key to drought enhancing heat waves.

  • Sort & Cull

    Hindsight is always 20/20. But the feeder cattle ascending triangle target being reached with the latest push into record highs is such an accomplishment, it's worth a second look at the original Feb. 10 analysis to reinforce the benefits of such work. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    The price you pay for record-high values is the anxiety and volatility that inevitably goes with them. That is one situation where technical analysis helps. With the past outlook being so important to the livestock industry, it's worth a second look.

  • Ethanol Blog

    Biofuels groups on Tuesday weighed in on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard volumes proposal. (DTN photo by Joel Reichenberger)

    Biofuels groups praise EPA's "strongest-ever" RFS proposal, while urging proper handling of small-refinery exemptions to maintain the 15-billion-gallon commitment.

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended July 2 is lower on average versus one week ago. (DTN file photo)
    Posted by Mary Kennedy , DTN Basis Analyst

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

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    Soybean oil's percent contribution of the combined soybean crush value over the past 30 years along with the average and plus and minus one and two standard deviation lines.

  • MachineryLink

    AGCO's Trimble PTx brand is adding Fendt tractors and tillage functions to its award-winning OutRun autonomous technology, a solution already giving farmers an automated grain cart capability. (Photo courtesy of AGCO Trimble PTx)
    Posted by Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor

    DTN/Progressive Farmer recently talked with Trimble PTx Senior Product Manager Dinen Subramaniam about Trimble PTx's award-winning OutRun autonomous technology. Available now as an autonomous grain cart solution, Trimble PTx is adding tillage functions and AGCO-brand Fendt...

  • Production Blog

    Look for the spot that won't rub off the corn leaf to determine if corn is infected with tar spot. (Photo by Matthew Vandehaar)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    It's time to see if you can spot tar spot in cornfields.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    On July Fourth, Americans celebrate the passage of the Declaration of Independence, which holds certain truths self-evident. Or are they? (Public domain image)

    The Declaration of Independence was signed at the height of a movement historians call the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment has few fans among the increasingly influential faction of post-liberal intellectuals.

  • Technically Speaking

    This is a daily chart of December corn futures showing the vulnerable support area and little below that. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Dana Mantini , Senior Market Analyst

    December corn on Monday is under severe pressure again and for about the eighth time is challenging the support area of $4.33 to $4.34. The more a chart point is challenged, the more vulnerable it becomes with each additional test. A look at the weekly version of the December...

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Join us for an exclusive webinar focused on the biggest near- and long-term trends in the cattle markets on June 24 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CDT. (DTN image by Nick Scalise)

    Join Oklahoma State University Livestock Marketing Specialist Derrell Peel and DTN experts for an in-depth examination of cattle market dynamics, as well as what you can expect from weather and prices for the rest of the year.

  • Editors' Notebook

    According to a recent informal, online DTN/Progressive Farmer poll as well as interviews with experts and national statistics, finding good ag labor is difficult these days. (Photo by Debra Ferguson)
    Posted by Anthony Greder , DTN/Progressive Farmer Content Manager

    Stemming from multiple factors, agricultural employers nationwide find hiring workers difficult, reflecting a widespread farm labor shortage.

  • 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.

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