Boots on the Ground
Posted by Pam Smith , Crops Technology EditorThis year heading to the field to pull yield samples confirms there's a lot of variability hiding in this year's crop.
Blogs
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Production Blog
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Ag Weather Forum
Questions On ECB Rain Forecast
Posted by Bryce Anderson , DTN Senior Ag MeteorologistForecast confidence in widespread dryness-easing rain for the eastern Midwest in the next five days is mixed at most.
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Market Matters Blog
DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Lower
Posted by Mary Kennedy , DTN Basis AnalystDTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $4 per ton lower at $130 per ton.
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Canada Markets
Are Spring Wheat Prices Set to Bottom?
Posted by Cliff Jamieson , Canadian Grains AnalystThe weekly cash price for No. 1 CWRS reported by Saskatchewan Agriculture was reported as the lowest seen is almost three years this week, while DTN analysis shows that hard red spring wheat tends to bottom in August. Historical government price data would support this...
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Fundamentally Speaking
Corn Conditions Seem to Corroborate USDA Yield Projection
Posted by Joel Karlin , DTN Contributing AnalystUsing a simple regression of end of July U.S. crop ratings and the percent that the national yield deviated from the 30-year trend comes up with a figure close to the USDA number of 169.5 bushels per acre.
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Ag Policy Blog
Rural Nebraskans Divided on Immigration, Undocumented Workers
Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy EditorA University of Nebraska poll captures some of the division and nuances in rural America about how immigrants are viewed and the policies for dealing with immigration.
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Ethanol Blog
Ethanol, Agriculture Interests Challenge Provision in E15 Final Rule
Posted by Todd Neeley , DTN Staff ReporterAgriculture and ethanol interests are concerned a provision in the new E15 rule could make it difficult for the future of higher ethanol blends.
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Technically Speaking
Chart Analysis: US Wheat Prices
Posted by Todd Hultman , DTN Lead AnalystA technical look at weekly charts of Chicago, KC and Minneapolis wheat.
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Minding Ag's Business
The Steps to Succession
Posted by Lance Woodbury , DTN Farm Business AdviserEffective transitions require more than planning.
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An Urban's Rural View
How We Could Have Both Lower Rates and a Stronger Dollar
Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor EmeritusThe Federal Reserve Board is being swept along in the undertow from the trade war.
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South America Calling
China Investing in Brazil Ag
Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy EditorAs U.S. farmers hear more troubling news about trade disputes with China, the largest Chinese grain and oilseed company, COFCO, plans to buy more Brazilian soybeans over the next five years and help finance Brazilian farmers to expand production on more than 60 million...
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Editors' Notebook
Letter From a Summer Intern
Posted by Loren Lindler , Editorial InternLoren Lindler, a student at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, shares how she spent a summer internship with DTN/Progressive Farmer.
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MachineryLink
UNL Tractor Team Wins International Competition
Posted by Russ Quinn , DTN Staff ReporterThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln quarter-scale tractor A-team recently took home top honors at the International Quarter-Scale Student Design Competition in Peoria, Illinois.
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Sort & Cull
Meeting Meatless Meat in the Middle
Posted by Cheri Zagurski , DTN Associate EditorDTN Associate Editor Cheri Zagurski has an idea about what to call meatless meat products.