Top Stories
 
Right Now
2/9 05:53PM
Market Matters
Cash Grain Prices Lower Thursday
2/9 05:43PM
DTN Daily Basis Comments
Corn Basis Continues to Hold Steady; Soy, Wheat Basis Levels Strengthen
2/9 04:55PM
China V.P. Xi to Visit Iowa Next Week
U.S., China Set for Farm Discussion During Xi Visit to Iowa
2/9 04:40PM
DTN Closing Dairy Comments
USDA Reduces Milk Price and Product Price Estimates
2/9 04:37PM
DTN Closing Livestock Comments
Nearby Lean Hogs Jump Significantly Higher
2/9 04:11PM
Ethanol Blog
2/9 04:10PM
DTN Daily Ethanol Comments
Ethanol Futures Defy Lower Corn Cost With Rally
2/9 03:51PM
Watchdog: No Bias in Pipeline Review
Inspector General Says State Dept. Kept TransCanada "At Arm's Length"
2/9 03:02PM
Spring Crop Insurance Estimates
Running Average of February Closes Used in Crop Insurance
2/9 02:53PM
GPRE to Cut Ethanol Production
GPRE CEO Sees Broad Cuts to Ethanol Production
2/9 02:40PM
DTN Closing Cotton Commentary
Cotton Falls To Steep Losses On USDA Report
2/9 02:36PM
DTN Daily Feedstuffs Comments
Protein Feeds Slip in Soybean Meal Selloff
Blogs
Market Matters Blog

Cash Grain Prices Lower Thursday

Technically Speaking

US Dollar Index Poised to Rally

Fundamentally Speaking

Weighing in on What 2012 US Corn Yield Trend Should Be

Ag Policy Blog

Iowa to Host U.S.-China Ag Summit

Minding Ag's Business

Crop Insurance and the GRIP Killers

Ag Weather Forum

Current And Forecast Crop Wx Issues

Ethanol Blog

Ethanol Prices Bounce Higher Despite Rising Stocks

Production Blog

Give Me Liberty

Harrington's Sort & Cull

You Are What You Eat, Sadly

South America Calling

Brazil's Govt Takes Soy View Below 70 MMT

An Urban's Rural View

The Surprising News From Japan

Machinery Chatter

2011 Was a Winner for Farm Equipment Manufacturers

Editors' Notebook

"Hello. I'm From the Government and I'm Here to Help."

Contract Month Last Chg High Low
ELEC. CORN[10] Mar-12 634'2 -2'6 637'0 632'2
Dec-12 565'0 -3'0 567'6 563'2
ELEC. SOYBEANS[10] Mar-12 1223'2 -4'2 1230'4 1217'6
Nov-12 1233'0 -5'4 1240'6 1227'6
ELEC. WHEAT[10] Mar-12 641'0 -5'0 645'6 638'2
Dec-12 700'0 -5'2 704'6 697'6
ELEC. HRW WHEAT[10] Mar-12 686'4 -5'4 692'4 684'6
Dec-12 733'6 -4'2 735'2 732'0
ELEC. HRS WHEAT[10] Mar-12 827'6 -4'0 831'0 827'6
Dec-12 783'2 -2'2 785'0 781'4
LIVE CATTLE[10] Feb-12 125.175s -0.600 126.000 124.600
Apr-12 128.200s -0.600 129.050 127.550
FEEDER CATTLE[10] Mar-12 155.150s -0.125 155.800 154.625
Apr-12 157.250s -0.300 157.900 156.950
MILK CLASS III[10] Feb-12 16.09s 0.03 --- ---
Apr-12 15.71s 0.03 15.68 15.61
ELEC. COTTON # 2[10] Mar-12 91.36 0.98 91.42 90.97
May-12 92.97 1.09 93.49 92.55
Thu, Feb 9, 2012 9:08 PM CST    *Quotes are in market time.
Delay is indicated in brackets.
Video
Closing Market Comments
Length:  00:03:13
Filmed:  02/09/2012
Midday Hot Sheet
Length:  00:01:17
Filmed:  02/09/2012
Market Weather Outlook
Length:  00:03:01
Filmed:  02/09/2012
Reporter's Notebook
Length:  00:04:22
Filmed:  02/03/2012
Agronomy Minute
Length:  00:02:14
Filmed:  09/07/2011
From The Field
Length:  00:05:52
Filmed:  07/20/2011
From The Field
Length:  00:05:46
Filmed:  07/15/2011
Quick View
  • Disease Spreads Deep Into Midwest Count the Midwest a permanent home to leaf diseases like Goss's wilt, gray leafspot and northern ...
  • BQA Masters The historic Matador Cattle Company is no "Johnny come lately" to the Beef Quality Assurance prog...
  • Telecom Officials Challenge Grassley Following allegations made by Sen. Charles Grassley that a LightSquared investor and the chief ex...
  • MBAg by Adam Erwin Crop Share Leases fell out of favor for good reason and their derivative -- the Flex Lease -- sho...
  • Blowing In the Wind About 400 acres of Texas farmer Nick Goode's land is in the CRP. He believes without the program,...
  • Farm Groups Seek Consensus Farm organizations issued a statement after two days of talks reflecting that there is a lot of w...
  • Agribusinesses Give Back You plant their seeds, spread their fertilizers and buy their equipment; there's no doubt about i...
  • Do Unto Others Communication is absolutely crucial for a long-term business relationship between landowner and t...
  • Mending Those Neighborly Fences A lack of agricultural education is at the root of most neighborly conflicts.
Inside DTNProgressiveFarmer.com
= Subcriber Content: LOGIN | LEARN MORE
Markets
DTN Closing Grain Comments Grains Struggle Mightily 2/9 2:02PM
Despite a mostly neutral report (USDA numbers near pre-report estimates), grain contracts struggled Thursday. All three grains retreated under the weight of technical selling.
Weather
Scattered Rain, Snow Seen Friday 2/9 1:31PM
Friday will feature light to locally moderate rain showers moving from the southeast Plains across the Delta. Light snow or snow showers are expected through the southern and eastern Midwest Friday. Dry elsewhere in the key U.S. crop areas.
Crops
Disease Spreads Deep Into Midwest Goss's wilt and frogeye leafspot raise radar for yield-killing pathogens. 1/3 12:25PM
Count the Midwest a permanent home to leaf diseases like Goss's wilt, gray leafspot and northern corn leaf blight. They thrive because pathogens that cause these diseases survive in crop residue, while some pathogens enter healthy plants injured by strong storms, wind and hail.
Corn Seed Supply OK, For Now Farmers Not Worried Yet About Corn Seed Availability
A Step Ahead of The Rest On-farm test plots give these growers clues to productivity.
Seed Germination Suffers Soybean Seed Germ May Be Lower This Year
Livestock
BQA Masters TeamWork Takes BQA To The Next Level 2/6 10:47AM
The historic Matador Cattle Company is no "Johnny come lately" to the Beef Quality Assurance program. Truth be told, the company's three ranches began implementing quality-assurance principles more than two decades ago.
Better Grazing New Grazing Approaches Save Big Money
The Market's Fine Print The Mirage of Herd Expansion
Ask The Vet Johne's or Hardware?
Land Management
Blowing In the Wind Brutal Drought in Southern Plains Stark Reminder of Value of CRP Land 2/1 10:44AM
About 400 acres of Texas farmer Nick Goode's land is in the CRP. He believes without the program, dust storms like those he saw last fall would have been much worse.
Question of the Day: Law of the Land Christmas Trees And Liabilities
Keep Cover on Manure Low-Tillage Application Reduces Erosion, Puts Nutrients in the Right Place
Question of the Day: Law of the Land Community Lake Causes Waves Over Upkeep
Farm Business
MBAg by Adam Erwin Bent Out of Shape by Flex Leases 2/6 12:25PM
Crop Share Leases fell out of favor for good reason and their derivative -- the Flex Lease -- should, too, Midwest farmer Adam Erwin says. He makes his case against Flex Leases in the first of a two-part critique.
MBAg by Adam Erwin Twisted Logic in Flex Leases
Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
Taxlink by Andy Biebl Tax Follies Continue
Equipment
Telecom Officials Challenge Grassley LightSquared Investor, Fine Point Technologies CEO Deny Improper Contacts With Senator 2/2 3:33PM
Following allegations made by Sen. Charles Grassley that a LightSquared investor and the chief executive officer of another telecommunications company have tried to influence the senator to drop an inquiry into LightSquared, the company officials are firing back.
Kawasaki's Junior Partner Brute Force 300 Smaller, Less Expensive
Expert Advice: Ask the Mechanic Polarizing Question
Russ' Vintage Iron Steel-Wheeled Vintage Iron
Ag Policy
Farm Groups Seek Consensus More Talks Needed to Find Common Ground on Farm Programs 2/2 5:05PM
Farm organizations issued a statement after two days of talks reflecting that there is a lot of work to do to reach a consensus on what direction to take commodity programs in the next farm bill.
Ranchers Hear Ex-GIPSA Chief Butler Frustrated Over Way Politics Derailed Competition Rule
Keystone Bill Moves in Congress Democrats Focus on Eminent Domain in Markup
Eminent Disdain Power to Condemn Land Can Legally Destroy Farms
Farm Life
Agribusinesses Give Back Agribusinesses Are Major Donors to National/Local Youth Ag Orgs. 2/6 12:16PM
You plant their seeds, spread their fertilizers and buy their equipment; there's no doubt about it, global agribusiness companies reap handsome profits from sales of advanced technological products to farmers and ranchers. But many of them also give a lot back to the communities they serve.
Do Unto Others Trust, Communication Make Landowner/Tenant Relationships Work
PowerSharp's Cutting Edge PowerSharp's New Tool Automatically Sharpens Chainsaw Blades
Pass On Ownership The Right Way Recurring Problems Plague Families Ownership Transition
Featured Column
Sanow's Market Sense Beans in the Teens 2/9 11:06AM
While domestic soybean stocks were left unchanged, the global side of the ledger continued to grow more worrisome.
Your Location:
Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
32°F
Feels like: 26  °F
Wind: S at 7  mph
Dew Point: 27  °F
Humidity: 82 %
Sky Cover: Mostly Cloudy
Observed at  OMAHA, NE (KOMA)Thu 8:52PM
Special Interest
Expert Advice
Mending Those Neighborly Fences When Cultures Clash, It Can Be Tough to Get Along 1/24 3:02PM
A lack of agricultural education is at the root of most neighborly conflicts.