Blogs

  • Sort & Cull

    Traders believed there was a chance that last week's cash market could trade higher, and thanks to that small chance, they drove the contracts noticeably higher on Friday, Oct. 9. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    Traders believed there was a chance that last week's fed cash cattle market could trade steady, if not a tick higher, and that's all the support they needed to boldly push the contracts higher on Friday.

  • Ethanol Blog

    Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy has acquired an ethanol plant in central Nebraska. (DTN file photo)

    Council Bluffs, Iowa-based Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy acquired a 70-million-gallon Ord, Nebraska, ethanol plant and is expanding its production capacity to 230 million gallons.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Farmers lined up to deliver grain to a facility in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2021. As farmers face record diesel prices this fall, commodity producers are also receiving record Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage (ARC/PLC) payments. Farmers in some states benefit more than others. (DTN file photo by Jim Patrico)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Farm Business Editor

    Farmers are expected to receive $13.4 billion in ARC/PLC payments this month, but they also face fuel and oil expenses that are projected to be at least 29% higher than a year ago. Farmers who grow specialty crops also face higher costs, but they don't receive similar...

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended Oct. 8 is slightly 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 slightly higher versus one week ago.

  • Production Blog

    Soybeans exhibiting various quality issues, including purple seed stain, are showing up as combines begin rolling in earnest in Iowa. (DTN photo by Matthew Wilde)
    Posted by Jason Jenkins , DTN Senior Crops Editor

    Prolonged wet weather in parts of the Corn Belt is leading to issues with mold, fungus and disease as harvest ramps up.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    When the several countries that were part of Yugoslavia became independent in the 1990s and early aughts, simmering ethnic tensions boiled and wars broke out. (Map courtesy of yugotour.com)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    The countries that were once part of Yugoslavia serve as a reminder of how nationalistic passions can get out of hand.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    The Pathfinder Reservoir on the North Platte River in Wyoming is less than 20% full this fall season. Meanwhile, drought covers the entire North Platte headwater area in north-central Colorado. (Photo courtesy of University of Nebraska Extension Educator Gary Stone; National Drought Mitigation Center graphic)
    Posted by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus

    Snowmelt moisture provided less than one-quarter of the average volume to the North Platte River system in 2026.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters in Washington, D.C. The agency is defending its authority to carry out a major reorganization despite congressional restrictions in the fiscal 2026 appropriations law. (DTN photo by Jerry Hagstrom)

    A federal judge is considering an injunction that could halt USDA's reorganization while the administration prepares for a potential appeal.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    Predicted percent deviation from trend based on the regression between 25 years' worth of week 39 ratings and percent deviation figures from the 25-year trend vs. the USDA Sep yield estimate, the 25-year trend yield and the week 39 predicted yield based on the percent...

  • South America Calling

    Scattered showers are forecast across central Brazil over the next seven days, enough to count as the start of the wet season. (DTN graphic)

    The wet season is starting on time, but mostly due to fronts pressing into central Brazil. El Nino is likely to cause more sparse precipitation this season.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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