Blogs

  • Ag Weather Forum

    The Storm Prediction Center has put out a moderate risk of severe weather across portions of Kansas and extreme southeastern Nebraska. (SPC graphic)

    A major severe weather event is forecast to develop for this afternoon and evening from Texas into the Midwest. Significant hail and damaging winds will be a problem, but another round of strong tornadoes will also be an issue.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    A Commodity Futures Trading Commission advisory committee meeting in 2022 with a full slate of five commissioners attending. Since last year, the CFTC has been operating with just one commissioner. The chairman and ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee are calling on President Trump to nominate a full slate of commissioners. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)

    The chairman and ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee sent a letter to President Donald Trump calling on him to nominate a full slate of members to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The agency has been focusing more attention on regulating crypto...

  • Ethanol Blog

    The International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) is heading back to St. Louis, Missouri, on June 2, 2026. (Photo courtesy of FEW)

    Billed as the world's largest ethanol event, the 2026 FEW conference is scheduled to run June 2-4 in St. Louis, Missouri.

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended May 14 is down $1 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 slightly lower versus one week ago.

  • Production Blog

    The presence of black cutworm adult moths on sticky traps gives an early warning that corn and soybean munching larvae may be close behind. (Photo courtesy of Stephanie Porter)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    Slow crop growing conditions coupled with black cutworm moth flights and egg laying are creating a perfect storm for potential feeding on corn and soybeans.

  • Canada Markets

    This is what the lowest U.S. wheat production in the last 54 years looks like (in green). Setting the stage for supply concerns and higher prices over the next year. (DTN chart, USDA data)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    Nothing cures low prices like low prices. Producers had enough of poor returns from wheat and reduced area, then Mother Nature helped cut production even further.

  • Sort & Cull

    Initially, the cattle complex was rallying Monday, but reacting to developing headlines, the market's focus shifted from its bullish fundamentals to the nervous chatter of the news. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    If only the market was as simple as supply and demand, consumers, and the cattle needed to produce the beef those consumers desire; wouldn't that be the day? Unfortunately, that's not how the markets operate and headline day-trading isn't going anywhere -- even if it does...

  • An Urban's Rural View

    U.S. soybean farmers remain dangerously overdependent on a single foreign market, China, and that will be true even if the president returns from his summit in Beijing with good news on soybean sales. (DTN/Progressive Farmer file photo)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    The president is heading to Beijing for a summit, having in recent months softened his approach to China. Even if he comes back with more soybean sales, American bean growers need to reduce their dependence on China.

  • Editors' Notebook

    The April 2026 issue of Progressive Farmer magazine focused on the challenges facing rural America and what some communities are doing to survive. Those stories will run on DTN/PF's digital platforms over the next few weeks. (AI-generated illustration from a concept by Katie Dehlinger)
    Posted by Anthony Greder , DTN/Progressive Farmer Content Manager

    DTN/Progressive Farmer examines the challenges facing rural America and the solutions some communities are embracing to succeed, in a series titled "Rural Resilience."

  • MachineryLink

    A University of Missouri diesel cost study shows 50% higher diesel fuel prices cut expected net returns to land by 10%. (DTN photo by Dan Miller)
    Posted by Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor

    In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at high diesel costs hitting returns; March equipment sales down; reports that Cat buys Monarch technology; Fieldwork Robotics readying an autonomous picker; new equipment from KIOTI and Loftness; and Kubota offering...

  • South America Calling

    The last month of the wet season does not look particularly wet for Brazil. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    Yet another month of below-normal precipitation puts into question how much corn Brazil can produce with its safrinha crop.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    Net fund position in corn with both futures and options vs. the price of spot corn in dollars per bushel.

  • Technically Speaking

    This is a daily chart of May soybean futures showing the bear flag pattern. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Dana Mantini , Senior Market Analyst

    The May soybean futures chart appears to be forming a bear flag pattern that typically indicates a downward resolution. However, chart patterns are certainly not always highly reliable and there are outside market forces controlling the narrative on grain and soy lately.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Determine your price and time action points based on your operation's cost of production and cash-flow needs. (Photo by Michael Westhoff, Getty Images)
    Posted by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Progressive Farmer Editor-in-Chief

    Commodities brokers advise farmers to develop disciplined grain marketing plans based on production costs, stick to price targets, seek professional guidance and utilize futures and options for effective risk management.

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