Blogs

The official start of the wet season has central Brazil producers going full bore on soybean planting, but a continued dry weather forecast threatens those plants.

Soybean cyst nematodes are always a threat, but dry conditions increase the likelihood they will be troublesome in 2026 and increase the need for testing this fall.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is steady versus one week ago.

A new Labor Department rule lowers the Adverse Effect Wage Rate methodology for H-2A workers. The wage changes in the interim final rule published in the Federal Register will save H-2A employers $2.46 billion per year.

Discovering a long-ago family recipe brings back fond memories of food and how it connects us.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed multiple requests to hold biofuels litigation in abeyance because of the federal government shutdown.

With soybean oil used in biofuel production set to soar in 2025-26 (assuming a short government shutdown), there is no room for exports to see a repeat of last year's surge. Yet the market may be allowing it.

A survey shows younger Americans are more willing than their elders to accept violence as a response to offensive speech.

Soil moisture is rated wet over high-production Kansas winter wheat districts as the new winter wheat cycle begins.

AGCO is looking at a range of alternative fuels to accommodate different farmer needs across the globe. At the lower horsepower end, it is examining uses for electrification. AGCO is looking at applications for larger machinery, not yet commercially available, but powered by other...

Percent that USDA's September 1 corn in all stocks estimate deviated from the average trade estimate and percent change in the USDA's old crop U.S. corn ending stocks estimate from the September to October WASDE reports vs. percent of Sep 1 corn stocks stored on...

It's likely the futures market could struggle again this week because of the seasonal downturn in both boxed beef and fed cash cattle prices.

Success requires continuous improvement, and there's no better program than TEPAP. Applications for the week-long business bootcamp are due Oct. 31.

The jury is still out on the 2025 soybean crop; but a decision may be close at hand. Dryness in parts of the southern and eastern Midwest in August might very well have compromised yield to some extent. However, there is a far bigger issue facing soybean growers and...