Blogs

  • Editors' Notebook

    Once processed, this white-tailed buck should provide 55 to 70 pounds of lean, protein-rich venison that will be distributed to the hungry. (DTN photo by Jason Jenkins)
    Posted by Jason Jenkins , DTN Crops Editor

    As many across the United States prepare to sit down to a Thanksgiving feast, there are those who will go without. Donating venison can help make a difference.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    A farmer harvesting corn in northern Indiana earlier this fall. Collectively, corn farmers are projected to lose more than $15 billion on their crops this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. While USDA is looking at an aid package, other groups point to previous ad-hoc funding and an improved safety net to question if payments are needed. (DTN photo by EllaMae Reiff)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    In a letter to USDA leaders, policy groups with diverse positions on federal spending are calling on the department to ensure any ad-hoc aid to farmers focuses on need and uses clear eligibility standards to reduce the risks of waste and fraud.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    A band of heavy snow is forecast from Friday through Sunday, Nov. 28-30. Other significant impacts are forecast from a big system moving through as well. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    A big winter storm will spread multiple impacts across the country from Friday through Sunday, including heavy rain and snow and will be followed by a burst of arctic air.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    This Thanksgiving, living in a nation of immigrants is something to be thankful for. (Photo by Ruocaled, CC-2.0)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    Argue about immigration policy by all means; but be thankful for the many benefits immigration has brought our country.

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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