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DTN/Progressive Farmer writers were asked to think back on their year and choose a favorite story they wrote. DTN Senior Crops Editor Pamela Smith selected a View From the Cab segment that talked about farming with Dad.

U.S. Treasury markets suggesting evidence of inflation turning higher at a time when central banks around the world are cutting interest rates could make for difficult times ahead. Nothing so far indicates a derailment or a repeat of the 1970s inflation cycle.

Storm analysis finds climate change increased the wind speed for every hurricane in 2024.

China is signaling how it will react to much higher tariffs in a second Trump administration. Indeed, it's already reacting.

2024 soybean yield as given in the USDA's November crop production report as a percent of the 25-year trend vs. the 10, 20 and 30-year trend growth rate for soybeans.

Leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees, along with farm-state allies, are trying to craft a plan that would provide payments to producers who are suffering from low prices. Democrats came up with nearly $10 billion in direct payments and crop insurance rebates...

Equity holders for Richardton, North Dakota,-based Red Trail Energy LLC's ethanol plant approved the sale of the company to Gevo Inc., a company that plans to produce sustainable aviation fuel at the plant.

Love them or hate them, participants other than those directly involved with a commodity use futures markets for various purposes. DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst Mitch Miller believes it's better to know as much as you can about the elephants you're dancing with.

The last tow leaving St. Paul, Minnesota, on Dec. 1 put an end to the 2024 shipping season on the far Upper Mississippi River. In the meantime, levels on the Lower Mississippi River are falling again.

It's been a tough task to accomplish, but there are some small cracks in the good weather situation for South America.

The Economic Research Service's third reading of net farm incomes is lower than 2023, but the decline is softer than initially forecast due to better-than-expected production expenses.

After having support since mid-August at the $10.12 to $10.15 area, new-crop November 2025 soybean futures last week broke down slightly below that support area and may just have begun another leg lower. Although there is plenty of growing weather yet to endure in South...

A weekend at the All American Quarter Horse Congress filled with exciting classes, shopping, delicious food and a strong sense of community that makes the event truly special.

The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a minor-level geomagnetic storm watch for this weekend. A storm of this intensity will have little to no impact on farming guidance systems.