Blogs

The 11th annual National Wheat Yield Contest expands participation options for both spring and winter wheat farmers raising grain under both irrigated and dryland scenarios.

U.S. export sales and shipments as of the first week in March as a percent of the USDA's March WASDE estimate vs. new crop sales also as of the first week in March as a percent of the USDA Ag Outlook Forum estimates given in late February.

U.S. December-February temperatures topped the 20th-century average by almost 5 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Trump administration and House Republicans are taking action to support glyphosate and the Supreme Court might join them.

Farmers highlighted E15, local food purchasing and tax credits for cotton at a U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee hearing focusing on how to boost domestic markets. Senators said they recognize the financial straits facing farmers due to input prices that continue to rise...

A serious uptick expected in future CPI and PPI readings thanks to the Middle East conflict suggests the inflation relief seen over the last few years is over and a turn higher will be eerily similar to what occurred in the 1970s.

The notion of a looming strike does not bode well for the cattle complex as fear and uncertainty unravel both the market's fundamental and technical components.

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

Safrinha corn planting is slightly behind schedule, a large concern with limited soil moisture and only about two months of the wet season left.

The intimidation tactics becoming all-too familiar in politics today have now reached a trusted institution in agriculture: The FFA. Enough's enough.

Christopher Burdett pleaded guilty to generating $7 million in fraudulent renewable fuel credits by vastly overstating biodiesel production, as part of Renewable Fuel Standard scheme.

While the corn market has reacted in a positive manner from the renewed concern about dryness in the southern half of Argentina, the sharp fall in the U.S. dollar, rise in crude oil and recent talk about a policy in favor of year-round E15, there are some technical roadblocks...

Commodities brokers advise farmers to develop disciplined grain marketing plans based on production costs, stick to price targets, seek professional guidance and utilize futures and options for effective risk management.

A G4 geomagnetic storm may degrade satellite navigation for some hours and disrupt low-frequency radio navigation. But given this is January and not the middle of spring planting, this storm if it arrives will have negligible effect on U.S. farms.