
With feeder calf prices skyrocketing, the markets may finally be offering a better return for stocking pastures with beef cattle than for planting cropland with grains.
Oil futures nearest delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange and Brent on the Intercontinental Exchange settled mixed Friday.
A complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota alleges meat companies used gleaned information from reports generated by Agri Stats to...
This week the DTN View From the Cab farmers cover harvest progress, precision ag, and discuss views on land availability and opportunities.
Elaine Kub is the author of Mastering the Grain Markets: How Profits Are Really Made -- a 360-degree look at all aspects of grain trading, which draws on her experiences as a futures broker, market analyst, grain merchandiser, and farmer. She grew up on a family farm in South Dakota and holds an engineering degree and an MBA.
With feeder calf prices skyrocketing, the markets may finally be offering a better return for stocking pastures with beef cattle than for planting cropland with grains.
Comparing data sets as ranked lists can make it simpler for human brains to perceive something complex, like a drought-stricken crop's ultimate prospects; but sometimes a simple statement can lead traders in the wrong direction.
Both widespread inflation and crop-specific production problems have sent certain food commodity markets skyrocketing, driving up futures trading interest in the ag sector.
The patchwork of Mesonets collecting weather data across the Corn Belt should be considered when commodity market participants want to ground-truth the conditions faced by agricultural crops through a growing season.
Not every farm that suffers poor yields during the 2023 drought will have federal crop insurance to mitigate the financial loss.
Elevated truck shipping prices in the United States demonstrate the difference between lackluster exports and fierce domestic demand for grain.
Inflation is shared by everyone in the economy, but commodity price spikes get passed on to buyers in uneven ways.
The smell of dry hay can capture the memory of a perfect June day and carry it into the future, but there is a high price to pay for this commodity amid scarcity and inflation.