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The Ag Economy Barometer showed that 54% of producers indicated that high input costs were the main factor limiting improvement in their farm's financial situation. The monthly survey was conducted in mid-September, when diesel prices started reaching record highs. The survey...

The cattle complex continues to chop sideways within its trading range, hoping that robust fundamental support will eventually arise and help break the market out of its current trend.

A federal judge is considering an injunction that could halt USDA's reorganization while the administration prepares for a potential appeal.

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

Very heavy rain fell in parts of the Plains and Midwest again this week. But with the system moving out of the country this weekend, a drier pattern is setting up to help areas recover from flooding.

The inventor of the diesel engine wanted it to run on 100% plant oil. The world would have evolved differently had his dream come true.

Predicted percent deviation from trend based on the regression between 25 years' worth of week 39 ratings and percent deviation figures from the 25-year trend vs. the USDA Sep yield estimate, the 25-year trend yield and the week 39 predicted yield based on the percent...

The wet season is starting on time, but mostly due to fronts pressing into central Brazil. El Nino is likely to cause more sparse precipitation this season.

Poet LLC supplied ethanol for the first U.S. 100% ethanol ship-fueling operation with Maersk, as a new report highlights marine shipping's massive market potential.

Seed corn harvesting crews race Mother Nature to pick the crop and get it to the processing plant to preserve quality.

Statistics Canada's July 31 stocks estimates came in above AAFC's August update for all but oats, thanks again to larger-than-expected on-farm stocks.

Technical analysis is an important part of the toolbox. The December corn chart provides numerous examples to demonstrate various formations.

The U.S. has accomplished a lot in 250 years. Perhaps the best way to appreciate those accomplishments is by learning more about what they really are and how they truly came to be.

In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at high diesel costs hitting returns; March equipment sales down; reports that Cat buys Monarch technology; Fieldwork Robotics readying an autonomous picker; new equipment from KIOTI and Loftness; and Kubota offering...