Blogs

  • Ag Policy Blog

    Russia continues to occupy about 10% of Ukraine's total territory before the war began. U.S. officials told foreign press in a briefing that protecting Ukraine's grain exports is a key part of the framework being negotiated. (Map courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    U.S. officials held a briefing with foreign press on the Ukraine negotiations. Maintaining and rebuilding Ukraine's ability to export grain is key component of the proposed framework that would end the war with Russia, officials said.

  • Technically Speaking

    This is a daily chart of March futures showing a key moving average and trend line just below. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Dana Mantini , Senior Market Analyst

    March corn, having fallen 20 cents recently, is facing a crossroads of sorts, hovering just above the 100-day moving average and moving sideways in a consolidation phase. How will the next several weeks play out? There are conflicting fundamental and technical factors, making...

  • Canada Markets

    2025-26 Corn export commitments to Oct. 9 (shown in green) are easily setting a record pace, and that is without any sales to China. But what happens if China starts buying U.S. corn as well? (DTN chart)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    With corn export commitments to date at a record pace already, what would happen if China returned to the market?

  • Ag Weather Forum

    Frequent cold is forecast across the northern half of the country this winter, though widespread cold influences should occur early in the season. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    A front-loaded winter is in the forecast as La Nina peaks early and fades throughout winter.

  • Sort & Cull

    Both live and feeder cattle contracts closed limit-lower upon hearing Tyson Foods is closing their plant in Lexington, Nebraska. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    I personally believe the reduction of throughput will only push the herd build-back that much further out as yet another level of confidence has been eroded from the market.

  • Editors' Notebook

    Practicing proper biosecurity and monitoring our horses daily has never been more important as the equine community navigates the EHV-1 outbreak. (DTN photo by EllaMae Reiff)

    An EHV-1 outbreak has shaken the horse world, prompting event cancellations and urgent calls for biosecurity, but there are crucial steps we all can take to protect our horses.

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended Nov. 20 is $4 higher 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 higher versus one week ago.

  • Production Blog

    View From the Cab farmers Ethan Zoerb and Stuart Sanderson have finished harvest and their season of reporting in as part of DTN's project. It's time to look forward to 2026. (DTN photo courtesy of Ethan Zoerb)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    The cab door is open. Apply for a chance to tell your farm's story as part of DTN's ongoing project called View From the Cab.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    2025 soybean yields for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. vs. the percent that this year's yield deviates from the 25-year trend and the percent change vs. the 2024 final yield.

  • Ethanol Blog

    Biofuels groups are pushing the state of California to complete work to allow E15 sales in the state for the first time. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)
    Posted by Todd Neeley , DTN Environmental Editor

    Ethanol industry groups are urging California regulators to quickly implement E15 fuel sales, citing proven safety and consumer cost savings.

  • South America Calling

    Below-normal rainfall is forecast next week in Argentina and southern Brazil, with increased rainfall in central Brazil. This may be the start of a more persistent pattern to end the calendar year. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    A front that moves through Argentina and southern Brazil this weekend is forecast to produce widespread precipitation. But that may be the last one for a while, with drier trends in all model solutions.

  • MachineryLink

    Preliminary numbers from equipment manufacturers show sales of all tractors, especially large four-wheel-drive tractors, were down sharply in October, compared to October 2024. Sales of combines were off by more than 25% October 2025 compared to October 2024. (Photo courtesy of Case IH)
    Posted by Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor

    As has been true for many months, 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, sales of tractors and combines were down again in October.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    Many American manufacturers, including large numbers of those making high-tech products, are vulnerable to cutoffs from China of key ingredients and components. (Image by Steve Jurvetson, CC-BY-2.0)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    China's years-long efforts to dominate industrial supply chains has left American manufacturers dangerously overdependent on Chinese ingredients and components.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Talk to your local grain buyers on basis contracts and look for impending market opportunities. (DTN photo by Elaine Shein)
    Posted by Rhett Montgomery , DTN Lead Analyst

    Following a frustrating past year for marketing of 2024 and 2025 crops, time is quickly approaching to begin making plans for 2026-27, as well.

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