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The tax provisions in the budget reconciliation bill missed an opportunity to help farmers use a lower land value option for the estate tax. The 45Z credit remains in the bill and is enhanced, but another tax credit that would spur production of nitrogen fertilizer is eliminated in...

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

Change in the U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratio from the first WASDE report of the year given in May to the one a year later, the dollar per bushel change in the spot corn price as of May 15 vs. the value a year earlier.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed three resolutions to end California's electric-vehicle mandate.

If AAFC is wrong on its assumption that Statistics Canada past production estimates are incorrect for canola, then carryover could fall to unreasonably low levels given a negative Feed, Waste and Dockage total is not acceptable.

Two storm systems combined to produce widespread and mostly heavy rainfall across the Corn Belt over the last week. For some areas, that was sorely needed. For others, that has meant overly wet conditions and flooding.

Powerful winds whipped up planting season dust across the country during the weekend, prompting a dust storm warning in Chicago, which has not seen one of such magnitude since 1934.

With packers having built up some supply during the last three weeks, and with the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, it's likely fed cash cattle prices could trade steady this week.

Summer heat puts corn on a fast track. Knowing when to take a closer look can help avoid yield roadblocks.

The U.S.-China agreement to reduce tariffs will allow more trade but it won't help solve the most critical American economic problem with China: our reliance on that country for critical manufactured products.

New-crop December corn futures are again trading amongst the lowest prices of the 2025 calendar year, but traders may be hesitant in placing too large of a bearish bet with the growing season still ahead.

CNH Industrial, parent company of Case IH and New Holland, forecasts lower ag sales and income for 2025, while also announcing a moderate price increase "in the low single digit(s)."

Soil moisture is below normal in many of Brazil's safrinha corn growing areas. A drier outlook for April puts that corn crop at a higher risk of drought and damage.

March 18 is National Ag Day in the United States. DTN hopes you'll join us in recognizing and celebrating the many benefits that agriculture brings to our nation, to our overall economy, and to the world.