Blogs

  • Canada Markets

    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) first look at 2026-27 canola seeded area is suggesting a slight increase (to 22.029 million acres from 21.616 million last year) despite all the political risks and trade uncertainties. (DTN chart)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    The end results will somehow differ, but the trends found in AAFC's first look at 2026-27 canola should provide comfort with the implication being demand rationing will again be required.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    Percent that the 2023, 2024, and 2025 corn yields from the top 18 states and the U.S. deviated from the rolling 25-year trend for that particular season

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended Jan. 22 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 higher versus one week ago.

  • South America Calling

    Dry conditions during the last two months have been extensive and long-lasting in central and southern Argentina. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    Three straight weeks of falling soil moisture and crop conditions are taking a toll on corn and soybeans in Argentina.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    A tractor caught in the flood of 2019 on the Missouri River in Iowa. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday wrote Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins calling on her to reverse a USDA decision that ends the option for farmers to buy higher coverage levels for prevented-planting policies. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)

    In a bipartisan letter, leaders on the Senate Agriculture Committee wrote Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday calling on the department to reinstate additional crop insurance coverage for acres prevented from being planted.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    A major winter storm will produce a wide band of heavy snow from the Southern Plains through the Mid-Atlantic. There is potential for significant freezing rain along and south of the heaviest snow as well. (DTN graphic)

    A major winter storm system is forecast to move through the southern half of the U.S. Friday through Sunday.

  • MachineryLink

    The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Severe G4 geomagnetic storm watch, the result of a coronal mass ejection (CME) that left the sun on Jan. 18 that is anticipated to arrive at Earth as early as late Jan. 19 (EST) to early Jan. 20. (DTN image courtesy of NOAA)
    Posted by Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor

    A G4 geomagnetic storm may degrade satellite navigation for some hours and disrupt low-frequency radio navigation. But given this is January and not the middle of spring planting, this storm if it arrives will have negligible effect on U.S. farms.

  • Sort & Cull

    Kassidy Bremer, right, shares her cow, Jolene, with Community Care Center residents and retired farmers in Stuart, Iowa. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Jennifer Carrico)

    A daughter's idea to bring her cow to visit care center residents, especially former farmers, brought immense joy. Simple acts of kindness can brighten lives.

  • Editors' Notebook

    Kassidy Bremer, right, shares her cow, Jolene, with Community Care Center residents and retired farmers in Stuart, Iowa. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Jennifer Carrico)

    A daughter's idea to bring her cow to visit care center residents, especially former farmers, brought immense joy. Simple acts of kindness can brighten lives.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    Expectations of being able to find a new job if the current one is lost fell 4.2 percentage points in November from the month before. (Federal Reserve Bank of New York chart)

    Unhappiness with high prices and fears of losing jobs have caused the public to give the economy a low grade.

  • Ethanol Blog

    Agriculture and biofuels groups continue call for permanent year-round E15 legislation after USDA's latest estimates of a record corn crop in 2025. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)

    USDA's record 17.02-billion-bushel corn projection prompts biofuels and farm groups to urgently demand year-round E15 sales to boost demand and help struggling farmers.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Serving prime rib for the holidays can have sentimental and economic benefits. (DTN photo by Katie Dehlinger)
    Posted by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor

    DTN's Senior Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger enjoys preparing prime rib for Christmas and she makes arguments for the emotional attachment and practical benefits of doing so.

  • Technically Speaking

    This is a daily chart of March futures showing a key moving average and trend line just below. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Dana Mantini , Senior Market Analyst

    March corn, having fallen 20 cents recently, is facing a crossroads of sorts, hovering just above the 100-day moving average and moving sideways in a consolidation phase. How will the next several weeks play out? There are conflicting fundamental and technical factors, making...

  • Production Blog

    View From the Cab farmers Ethan Zoerb and Stuart Sanderson have finished harvest and their season of reporting in as part of DTN's project. It's time to look forward to 2026. (DTN photo courtesy of Ethan Zoerb)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    The cab door is open. Apply for a chance to tell your farm's story as part of DTN's ongoing project called View From the Cab.

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