Blogs

  • Ag Policy Blog

    After the U.S. Senate passed its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill on Tuesday, debate began almost immediately in the House Rules Committee over the bill. Farm organizations called on the House to quickly pass the Senate version of the bill. (DTN file photo)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    Farm organizations had varying levels of praise supporting the Senate vote and calling for the House to follow suit. Groups highlighted some of the tax provisions and improvements to the farmer safety net. Other groups criticized the cuts to Medicaid and food programs.

  • 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.

  • Sort & Cull

    Although the fed cash cattle market is trading lower, feeder cattle sales remain incredibly strong. (DTN ProphetX chart)

    Packers have slowly been able to build up supply, which is hindering the fed cash cattle market trade. However, thus far, that has not affected the feeder cattle market as buyers continue to buy calves at record-high prices.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    Humidity added to the atmosphere from corn can also enhance midsummer rainfall prospects. (DTN photo by Bryce Anderson)
    Posted by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus

    Recent research points to increased midsummer rain prospects due to corn's humidity contribution.

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended June 26 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.

  • Canada Markets

    The Statistics Canada June Principal Field Crop Areas report released Friday confirmed the canola market had indeed failed at one of its primary functions of encouraging supply with area not only declining from last year, but also from the March estimate. That should ensure supply will be uncomfortably tight for another year. (DTN chart, Statistics Canada data)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    With the canola market's failure to attract acres going into seeding, canola stocks should remain uncomfortably tight for another year.

  • Ethanol Blog

    A federal court issued a key ruling on ethanol this week in favor of agriculture groups. (DTN file photo by Joel Reichenberger)

    A federal court overturned a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2024 rule that undervalued ethanol in fuel economy calculations, siding with corn and sorghum producers who argued the methodology was flawed.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    Average percent change in corn acreage from the March prospective plantings report to the June acreage figures for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. vs. the highest and lowest percent change from 2000 to 2024.

  • 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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