Blogs

  • Ag Policy Blog

    As USDA prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, department leadership also has informed thousands of employees they need to decide just before or after the holiday if they are going to relocate to a new city to keep their jobs. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)

    More reports have come out over the past week about specific orders to USDA employees and relocation announcements. A lot of staff at USDA are only now learning they need to decide within weeks if they are going to relocate or look for another job.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    An enhanced risk of severe weather is forecast for June 9. This is the first of many days of significant severe weather threats across the country. (SPC graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    Multiple systems moving through the country have the opportunity to produce significant severe weather each day through at least Saturday.

  • Production Blog

    Zeb Winslow III, a farmer near Scotland Neck, N.C., talks about his cover crop mix and changes to his operation during the Conservation Technology Innovation Center (CTIC) tour last week. Winslow has reduced his fertilizer and chemical inputs on his farm but cautions farmers against trying to make quick, wholesale changes because of high fertilizer prices. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)

    Farmers on the Conservation Technology Innovation Center (CTIC) tour in North Carolina spotlighted how they are improving soil moisture retention and cutting back on their fertility costs using cover crops on different types of operations. CTIC held its 19th annual conservation...

  • Sort & Cull

    Following last week's disruption thanks to positive cases of New World screwworm found in the U.S., the cattle market is desperate for greater fundamental support to help guide the contracts. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    Following last week's whirlwind surrounding the finding of New World screwworm in the U.S., the cattle complex is longing for greater fundamental support to help move the market forward.

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended June 4 is down $8 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.

  • Ethanol Blog

    The U.S. Trade Representative included ethanol in a proposal to slap a 25% tariff on Brazilian goods. (DTN file photo)

    The U.S. Trade Representative proposed a 25% tariff on Brazilian goods, including ethanol, alleging Brazil's policies have harmed U.S. ethanol exports since 2017.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Friends are the people with whom you can share your hopes and concerns about succession. (Dejan_Dundjerski, Getty Images)
    Posted by Lance Woodbury , DTN Farm Business Adviser

    Strong friendships provide crucial emotional support, accountability and shared wisdom that can help senior generations navigate difficult leadership transitions.

  • Canada Markets

    In its first production estimate of the year, ABARES suggested Australian wheat production will fall 26% during the current production campaign from the last. At 26.7 mmt for 2026-27 (in green), it would be below the USDA May estimate of 30 mmt (in orange) and the 2025-26 production of 36 mmt. Combined with the lowest U.S. wheat production since 1972, it likely sets the stage for supply concerns and higher prices over the next year. (DTN chart, USDA, ABARES data)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    Amid drought, El Nino and crop input concerns, ABARES gave a pessimistic June outlook for the 2026-27 winter crop potential.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    Talk of a peace agreement pushes oil prices down, renewed hostilities push them up, but even when they're down, they're much higher than they were a few months ago. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    Each side in the U.S.-Iran war thinks it holds the cards and can wait out the other. That's made negotiations difficult and kept the Strait of Hormuz closed.

  • Technically Speaking

    The chart above is a daily chart of July soybean futures, which really gives no hint as to which direction it will take. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Dana Mantini , Senior Market Analyst

    Over the next several weeks, spot July soybean futures could move in either direction with both bullish and bearish factors likely to assure continued volatility in the weeks and months ahead. Iran, China and large speculators could all have a say in which direction soybeans...

  • 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.

  • 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.

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