Blogs

  • Ag Weather Forum

    The forecast for much of Argentina calls for below-normal rainfall in January. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    Weather conditions for crop growth have been favorable in much of Argentina so far, but the forecast for January may start to change that outlook.

  • Market Matters Blog

    The last saltie of the Duluth, Minnesota, ocean shipping season loaded durum at Ceres/Riverland Ag terminal on Tuesday, Dec. 23, and is heading to Algeria. (Photo courtesy of Schauer Photo Images)

    The last saltie departed Duluth on Tuesday, Dec. 23, to close out the 2025 oceangoing shipping season.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    Artificial Intelligence may have created this "Peace Prize" but the country's meatpackers might need to come up with something similar to get the Trump administration to back off its pressure over beef prices. (Image created by ChatGPT)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    As analysts often offer their outlook on the next year, here's a tongue-in-cheek look at the forecast for 2026 farm policy changes where certainty is promised, everything is rebranded, markets get created and common sense exits stage left.

  • Editors' Notebook

    Christmastime at The Durham Museum in Omaha includes a giant Christmas tree newly donated and decorated each year. Bronze statues help capture the history of the former train station and symbolize people who once traveled through Union Station, from businesspeople to soldiers. (DTN photo by Elaine Shein)
    Posted by Elaine Shein , DTN/Progressive Farmer Associate Content Manager

    Spending time and sharing stories with strangers can sometimes help create memories to cherish for the rest of our lives.

  • Ethanol Blog

    Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) was one of the drivers behind the 45Z tax credit, though biofuel producers can qualify for the credit for all fuels. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made several changes to the 45Z, including extending it. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    The proposed rule for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit was delivered to the White House Office of Management and Budget last week.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Serving prime rib for the holidays can have sentimental and economic benefits. (DTN photo by Katie Dehlinger)
    Posted by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor

    DTN's Senior Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger enjoys preparing prime rib for Christmas and she makes arguments for the emotional attachment and practical benefits of doing so.

  • Canada Markets

    My Happy Place -- complete with more cherished memories than I could ever have hoped for, and the opportunity to create many more. May everyone have such a gift. (DTN photo by Mitch Miller)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    May the holidays bring the focus back on what truly is important in life. With that perspective helping to offset the daily stresses one must navigate.

  • Sort & Cull

    The Christmas holiday may be looming, but traders actively worked to push both the live cattle and feeder cattle contracts higher through Monday's close. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    More than anything, I believe traders' positive interaction throughout the marketplace on Monday again shows hard evidence their core desire is to push the contracts higher as they know and understand the market's long-term, bullish fundamental position.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    The car carrier RCC America being lifted in the second step of the Panama Canal's Miraflores locks. (DTN photo by Urban C. Lehner)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    The Panama Canal affords the world enormous economic benefits, yet most of us take it for granted. Understanding how it works and what it took to build it is a useful tonic.

  • South America Calling

    Soil moisture across most of South America's primary growing areas is in fair condition or improving heading into the most important few months of the season. (NOAA graphic)

    Though it hasn't been perfect by any means, the weather situation in South America generally remains favorable for crops.

  • Technically Speaking

    This is a daily chart of March futures showing a key moving average and trend line just below. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Dana Mantini , Senior Market Analyst

    March corn, having fallen 20 cents recently, is facing a crossroads of sorts, hovering just above the 100-day moving average and moving sideways in a consolidation phase. How will the next several weeks play out? There are conflicting fundamental and technical factors, making...

  • Production Blog

    View From the Cab farmers Ethan Zoerb and Stuart Sanderson have finished harvest and their season of reporting in as part of DTN's project. It's time to look forward to 2026. (DTN photo courtesy of Ethan Zoerb)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    The cab door is open. Apply for a chance to tell your farm's story as part of DTN's ongoing project called View From the Cab.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

    Chart by Joel Karlin, DTN Contributing Analyst
    Posted by Joel Karlin , DTN Contributing Analyst

    2025 soybean yields for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. vs. the percent that this year's yield deviates from the 25-year trend and the percent change vs. the 2024 final yield.

  • MachineryLink

    Preliminary numbers from equipment manufacturers show sales of all tractors, especially large four-wheel-drive tractors, were down sharply in October, compared to October 2024. Sales of combines were off by more than 25% October 2025 compared to October 2024. (Photo courtesy of Case IH)
    Posted by Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor

    As has been true for many months, 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, sales of tractors and combines were down again in October.

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