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Hot and dry conditions in Western Canada have led to extensive wildfires across the Canadian Rockies and northern woodlands, spreading thick smoke across not just the Canadian Prairies but also deep into the U.S. A system that moved in this week is doing its best to help put...

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is down $2 versus one week ago.

Biofuels interests groups submitted comments to the USDA outlining ways to make it more practical for farmers to take advantage of the 45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit.

Warmer conditions over the past week advanced crop growth. With recent rainfall events, precipitation accumulation in most areas has exceeded 135 percent of normal precipitation since May 1.

Average, minimum and maximum percent change in corn yields for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. between the August crop report and the final production figures given in January vs. the standard deviation of these 24 August to January percent yield revisions.

House Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided over food-stamp benefits. That division is one of the obstacles to passing a farm bill this year.

Packer have drastically cut chain speeds to try to keep the cash cattle market from rallying and to hopefully add some support to boxed beef prices, but with today's cattle possessing heavier carcass weights than a year ago, feedlots could see some supply pressures later...

Plant pathologists are urging corn farmers to scout diligently for tar spot, but to be judicious in fungicide use.

There is a lot of angst about farm income right now, but policymakers already seem to accept that another one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill is unavoidable. If a farm bill doesn't get done this year, then there is no chance to have a better safety net in 2025. The...

Markets seem to get overdone to the upside and the downside. Following the recent bearish slide in corn and especially soybeans and wheat prices, it is difficult to talk about anything other than the following.

Soaking rains last week and this week brought the safrinha (second-season) corn harvest to a halt in southern Brazil with states like Sao Paulo making almost no progress. It is much the opposite in central Brazil, where progress is steady thanks to drier and warmer...

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.

There's a lot to know about soybean's biggest yield adversary. Here are some fast and fun facts about soybean cyst nematode (SCN).

On Friday, June 14, DTN will host a webinar examining the cattle market's long-term outlook and how producers can use livestock risk protection insurance to protect their business from downside market risk.