Blogs

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended Nov. 12 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 slightly lower versus one week ago.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    Temperatures so far this fall season rank in the top five for most climate districts east of the Rocky Mountains. (Iowa Environmental Mesonet graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    Cold air settling in this weekend will feel extra chilly because of how warm this fall season has been so far east of the Rockies.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Farmers have until Dec. 11 to choose their farm program for commodity crops. Price Loss Coverage (PLC) depends on a trigger price, while Agricultural Risk Coverage-County (ARC-County) factors in yields and revenue from the past five years as benchmarks. (DTN file photo)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Farm Business Editor

    Enrollment for Agricultural Risk Coverage/Price Loss Coverage continues through Dec. 11 for the 2026 crops. Farmers are making their elections for commodities based on crops already harvested, and they can gauge how much they think the market is going to move during the rest...

  • Ethanol Blog

    Chevron announced plans to restart production at a biodiesel plant in Iowa. (Photo courtesy of Chevron)
    Posted by Todd Neeley , DTN Environmental Editor

    Chevron is restarting its 42-million-gallon Ralston, Iowa, biodiesel plant, citing improved market conditions and a Landus partnership providing access to soybean feedstocks.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    Former White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles participates in a Situation Room meeting. Wiles' departure comes amid allegations from former White House adviser Calley Means that pesticide industry interests influenced the administration's approach to glyphosate, including its outsized support for Bayer in a Supreme Court case. (Photo courtesy of White House Photo Gallery)
    Posted by Jake Zajkowski , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    Former White House adviser Calley Means alleges pesticide industry lobbying shaped Trump's glyphosate policy, raising questions about industry influence and the future of agricultural chemicals under Stephen Miller.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    U.S. soybean sales and shipments as of the fourth week of October as a percent of the USDA's October WASDE export projection vs. the percent change in U.S. soybean exports from that October report to the final WASDE projection for the year going back to 2000.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    Soybeans. China needs them. In a shooting war over Taiwan, it wouldn't be able to import them. (DTN file photo by EllaMae Reiff)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    In a prolonged war over Taiwan, being unable to import foreign soybeans could create a domestic crisis in China, an expert on China's military argues. We have a few questions about that.

  • Sort & Cull

    Finally, after trading lower for over a week, the cattle contracts finally found some support and traded higher. (DTN ProphetX chart)

    Thanks to trader support and Tyson's announcement that they indeed intend to reopen the second shift at their Amarillo, Texas, beef facility by the summer of 2027, the cattle contracts rallied through Monday's trade.

  • South America Calling

    The ECMWF rainfall forecast for central Brazil (circled) is calling for heavy amounts above normal for the next 10 days. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    Soil moisture across central Brazil is currently below normal for early November. An increasing rainfall forecast for next week needs to verify or we may start to see issues with developing soybeans.

  • Technically Speaking

    As January soybean futures test the $12.00 level for the first time since August, prices are also nearing long-term trend support dating back to 2025. (DTN ProphetX chart)

    Most active soybean futures have traded lower in four of the past five weeks, and are again sharply lower through the first days of November, but could the $12.00 level inspire buyers?

  • Production Blog

    A new survey seeks to gauge perceptions about weed-control alternatives such as electrocution. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Jason Jenkins)
    Posted by Jason Jenkins , DTN Senior Crops Editor

    Farmers, crop consultants and agribusiness professionals can share opinions on precision spraying, lasers, electrical weeders and autonomous machines in a University of Nebraska survey.

  • Canada Markets

    At 1.899 mmt, 2025-26 Canadian canola ending stocks came in at a comfortable level, assuming the jump in on-farm stocks is close to accurate. (DTN chart, Statistics Canada data)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    Statistics Canada's July 31 stocks estimates came in above AAFC's August update for all but oats, thanks again to larger-than-expected on-farm stocks.

  • 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.

  • 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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