Blogs

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended July 16 is steady 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 unchanged versus one week ago.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    The rainfall forecast from the European model over the next 10 days shows limited coverage and intensity for areas that were hit hard by this week's heat wave. (DTN graphic)

    A heat wave typically ends with widespread showers and thunderstorms, but this one might not. If that is indeed the case, stress on crops will likely continue in the cooler air that follows.

  • Technically Speaking

    This December corn chart and related indicators provide a wealth of information that I refer to on a regular basis in my daily commentaries -- providing an opportunity to demonstrate and hopefully leave readers with a better understanding. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    Technical analysis is an important part of the toolbox. The December corn chart provides numerous examples to demonstrate various formations.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    The House of Representatives returned to Congress for two weeks with major legislative goals, and the Senate will stay until Aug 7. (DTN file photo by Joel Reichenberger)
    Posted by Jake Zajkowski , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    House Republicans approved a budget blueprint authorizing up to $12 billion in farm aid, sending spending instructions to the House Agriculture Committee as the measure heads toward a House floor vote next week.

  • Production Blog

    A new study examines the cost of losing glyphosate as legislative attempts to curtail use of the herbicide swirl. (Photo by Jim Baltz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    A new study looks at the financial consequences of losing the herbicide glyphosate.

  • Canada Markets

    This December corn chart and related indicators provide a wealth of information that I refer to on a regular basis in my daily commentaries -- providing an opportunity to demonstrate and hopefully leave readers with a better understanding. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    Technical analysis is an important part of the toolbox. The December corn chart provides numerous examples to demonstrate various formations.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Agricultural economists in Ohio and Illinois examined how the farm safety net compared to profit and costs of production for nine major crops going back to 1975. The report shows more stretches with losses than profits, but the multiple safety net programs are now providing more profitable times for crop sectors, even in downturns. (Chart from University of Illinois farmdocdaily)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Farm Business Editor

    Over time, the farm safety net has shifted from primarily offsetting market losses to increasingly boosting profitability for major commodity crops since 2007, according to economists at Ohio State University and the University of Illinois. That also has spilled over to supporting...

  • Sort & Cull

    With both boxed beef prices and the fed cash cattle market trailing lower last week, traders had little hope of keeping the futures from drifting lower. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    Without enough fundamental support in the marketplace right now, the cattle complex continues to drift lower.

  • Ethanol Blog

    A new poll finds voter support for permanent E15 nationally as well as legislation to make that happen. (Photo courtesy Iowa Renewable Fuels Association)

    A new poll conducted on behalf of the Renewable Fuels Association found wide support among registered voters polled for permanent, national E15 and legislation to make that happen.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    The government's 2026 Dietary Guidelines for Americans promotes cooking with butter, beef tallow and olive oil, but pointedly does not mention seed oils. (Screenshot from realfood.gov)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    The medical establishment says seed oils are safe and healthy, but 28% of Americans say they avoid them.

  • Editors' Notebook

    The U.S. celebrates its semiquincentennial this weekend. (America250 logo)
    Posted by Greg D Horstmeier , DTN Editor-in-Chief

    The U.S. has accomplished a lot in 250 years. Perhaps the best way to appreciate those accomplishments is by learning more about what they really are and how they truly came to be.

  • South America Calling

    A row of combines harvesting soybeans from a field in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Soybean and corn production in Brazil have steadily increased over the past 15 years, but the country's farmers face not only input and credit challenges, but also the expectations of a strong El Nino affecting the 2026-27 growing season. (DTN file photo)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Farm Business Editor

    Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture on Wednesday examined issues around Brazil's production forecasts for 2027. Like U.S. farmers, Brazilian farmers face low commodity prices, as well as high fertilizer and input costs. Brazilians also face tough credit conditions...

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    Percent the U.S. winter wheat yield deviates from the 25-year trend vs. U.S. winter wheat crop ratings.

  • 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...

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