Blogs

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Rising land costs and retiring experienced bankers threaten a generation of farmers. (DTN file photo)
    Posted by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor

    Unlike the 1980s when farmers could take off-farm jobs to survive tough times, today's $66K average salary won't even cover loan interest.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    Plant-based products in a U.S. grocery store. The European Union on Wednesday voted to ban using terms such as burgers, steaks or sausage for plant-based products and cell-cultured products. Several U.S. states over the past couple of years have passed similar laws. (DTN file photo)

    The EU Parliament on Wednesday voted for a tighter definition of meat as coming from edible parts of animals and specified that names such as steak, sausage, burger and escalope must be reserved for products containing meat and must exclude cell-cultured products.

  • Ag Weather Forum

    If the New World screwworm migrates from Mexico into Texas, the 2025-26 winter forecast suggests temperatures would not be low enough to threaten its winter survivability. (USDA-APHIS and DTN graphics)
    Posted by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus

    Above-normal winter temperatures forecast for Texas would favor the New World screwworm survival if the parasite were to migrate from Mexico.

  • Technically Speaking

    Looking back to September 1990 and adjusting prices for inflation, there have been only five instances of monthly closing prices for the most active KC wheat contract falling below $5. (DTN chart by Rhett Montgomery)
    Posted by Rhett Montgomery , DTN Lead Analyst

    Most-active December Kansas City wheat futures have fallen below long-term support at $5, cementing late 2025 wheat prices amongst the lowest in history.

  • Canada Markets

    If gold truly is the ultimate reserve currency, then comparing grains and oilseeds to gold shows how grossly undervalued they are. This shows almost 950 bushels of corn can be purchased with the value of one ounce of gold compared to just 235 bushels at the start of 2022. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    With the attention that gold is receiving lately, it may be making the trade question what fair value of the various crops should be, regardless of crop size.

  • Sort & Cull

    On Monday, Oct. 6, the market may have been able to close $5.00 higher without a major driving force. But someday in the future, the market will also likely tumble $5.00 without much of a reason. (DTN ProphetX chart)

    In today's environment, it seems the increased daily trading limits have had an inflation effect on the market. Seeing a $1.00-move five years ago was normal. Today, the market sees a daily movement of $3.00 to $4.00 with the same $1.00 regard.

  • Production Blog

    Put soil testing for soybean cyst nematode (SCN) on your fall agenda and outsmart this yield threat. (DTN photo by Jason Jenkins)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    It's National Nematode Day. What do you know about this yield threat?

  • Market Matters Blog

    Soft red winter wheat harvest in June in Clarksville, Tennessee. U.S. Wheat Associates reported the 2025 soft red winter wheat crop, including Tennessee production, generally showed good quality with strong milling characteristics and market value, despite weather challenges that led to uneven results in some areas. (DTN photo by Mary Kennedy)
    Posted by Mary Kennedy , DTN Basis Analyst

    The U.S. 2025 hard red winter, soft red winter and soft white winter wheat crops proved to be good quality for the milling and export industry.

  • South America Calling

    Central Brazil producers are significantly ahead of schedule in planting soybeans (red line). (IMEA graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    The official start of the wet season has central Brazil producers going full bore on soybean planting, but a continued dry weather forecast threatens those plants.

  • Editors' Notebook

    A simple family recipe stirs up memories of why tradition and taste are often connected. (DTN photo by Pamela Smith)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    Discovering a long-ago family recipe brings back fond memories of food and how it connects us.

  • Ethanol Blog

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked at least one federal court to hold biofuels cases in abeyance during the current government shutdown. (DTN file photo by Joel Reichenberger)
    Posted by Todd Neeley , DTN Environmental Editor

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed multiple requests to hold biofuels litigation in abeyance because of the federal government shutdown.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    There's a generation gap in Americans' support for freedom of speech. (Image by Ed Uthman, CC-BY-SA-2.0)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    A survey shows younger Americans are more willing than their elders to accept violence as a response to offensive speech.

  • MachineryLink

    AGCO is looking for technologies that will make alternative fuels more practical in U.S. farming operations. Shown here is AGCO's Fendt e100 V Vario tractor, available now in Europe, and coming to targeted U.S. markets next year. (Photo courtesy of AGCO)
    Posted by Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor

    AGCO is looking at a range of alternative fuels to accommodate different farmer needs across the globe. At the lower horsepower end, it is examining uses for electrification. AGCO is looking at applications for larger machinery, not yet commercially available, but powered by other...

  • Fundamentally Speaking

    Chart by Joel Karlin, DTN Contributing Analyst
    Posted by Joel Karlin , DTN Contributing Analyst

    Percent that USDA's September 1 corn in all stocks estimate deviated from the average trade estimate and percent change in the USDA's old crop U.S. corn ending stocks estimate from the September to October WASDE reports vs. percent of Sep 1 corn stocks stored on...

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