Blogs

On a weekly call with Sen. Charles Grassley, a reporter from Politico starting asking the senator about trade-aid payments to farmers. In her follow-up question, she highlighted that there were a lot of negative comments on social media about farmers and the second round of...

When week 19 cumulative exports for selected grains are compared to the five-year average pace of exports as they relate to total-crop-year export volumes, the pace of exports for wheat, oats, barley and flax point to the potential for upward revisions in AAFC's estimates...

Change from the December to January WASDE reports for corn ending stocks, feed usage and production.

Nearly one year after the electronic logging device mandate took effect, 10 different trucking groups' requests for exemptions to the mandate were rejected by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

DTN's technical analysis of live cattle, feeder cattle and lean hogs.

Both the North and South Poles are warming at rapid rates, and problems are showing up.

Crop areas of south-central Brazil have some stress due to more than a week with no rain.

A new analysis by a University of Illinois economist raises questions about the effect on ethanol markets of small refinery waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

There's still plenty of room for American meat exporters to make inroads in the Chinese market.

Over the past month, I've attended a number of agricultural conferences, and one theme connected all of them: savvy financial management is the key to not only making it through this down cycle in agriculture, but making sure your business thrives well into the future.

The presidential archives may not feature too many pictures of George H.W. Bush picking corn or slopping hogs, but library shelves will groan for years to come thanks to the weight of the 41st president's thoughtful policies regarding the necessary future plans for U.S...

Todd Hultman takes the helm as Lead Analyst, and we welcome Dana Mantini to the DTN/PF market analysis team.

An outside disk on the front left gang of a reader's 820 Massey disk keeps breaking out in the center. What could be causing this problem?

The View From the Cab series opens doors to everyday life during a farming season -- the good, the bad and sometimes the messy.