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The DTN national average corn basis started moving above the maximum five-year average in July 2019 and hasn't looked back since.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was up $1 at $150 per ton versus one week ago.

After several years of low volatility in a follower's role, Chicago wheat has stolen the spotlight in 2020 and could hold on into spring.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was unchanged at $149 per ton versus one week ago.

The recent spending bills signed by the president included money for U.S. waterways construction and maintenance. While that's good news, is it enough to fix and/or rebuild the aging lock and dam system?

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $1 weaker at $149 per ton versus one week ago.

The past year was difficult for corn and most crops -- from planting all the way through to harvest. As the year came to an end, most farmers were happy to put 2019 in the rearview mirror.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was unchanged at $150 per ton versus one week ago.

The U.S. Food and Drug Admiration Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011 was the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years. As compliance dates for certain rules have passed, it is important that all facilities be prepared for FDA...

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was up $5 at $150 per ton versus one week ago.

In 2019, weather records fell left and right in the Midwest. Based on a wet finish to the growing season, the troubles of 2019 could very well drag into 2020.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was up $1 at $145 per ton versus one week ago.

After a rough start to the 2019 shipping season due to unrelenting flooding, the Upper Mississippi River has closed for the winter. Not far behind is the end to the grain shipping season on the Great Lakes.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was up $1 at $144 per ton.

From the start of planting and all the way through harvest, many farmers have had a very disappointing soybean season.

The final deadline for truckers to comply with the electronic logging device rule is fast approaching, but not without continued opposition from certain trucking groups.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was unchanged at $143 per ton.

Sugarbeet growers in eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota had to leave frozen beets unable to be harvested in the ground, with some losing a significant amount of their 2019 crop.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was higher at $143 per ton.

It has been a challenging fall for many farmers who are experiencing a late harvest with the added headache of having to dry wet corn for storage.