Blogs

U.S. 2018 fall harvest has been on again, off again this season, because the weather has been extremely uncooperative. This has caused quality and yield loss in both soybeans and corn for farmers.

A technical look at the three major vegetable oil markets.

In an extraordinary development in state agricultural politics, Democrat Nikki Fried won the race for agriculture commissioner in Florida while Republicans won both the Florida governorship and the Senate seat as well as other lower level state races.

Central Argentina has recovered well after a drought-affected crop year in 2017-18.

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

A drier prospect for the Midwest, and better chances for needed rain in the fire-ravaged Far West, are indicated for late November.

An Iowa-based joint venture in Brazil announced it has launched construction of a second corn-based ethanol plant in Mato Grosso.

This study looks at cumulative licensed exports reported as of week 15, while making projections for 2018-19 based on the average pace of movement realized in the past five crop years over this 15-week period. Projections for wheat, oats, barley and flax would point to the...

Updated world corn stocks-to-use ratio after China revisions

A modest proposal for taking some of the terror out of the urban-rural divide.

We're only weeks away from the 2018 DTN Ag Summit. Don't miss this chance to learn, relax and network with success-minded farmers.

DTN's technical analysis of the livestock markets.

USDA began mailing safety net payments for the 2017 crop earlier this month, but total ARC and PLC payments are expected to be about half the size of the 2016 payout. Economists caution that payments for the 2018 crop, which farmers are currently busy harvesting, could be...

While there are many factors over which farmers have no control, at least one aspect of harvest they can control is preserving the quality of their harvested crops.