Blogs

  • Ag Weather Forum

    Saturated soils in wheat-growing areas of France, along with most of Western Europe, are indicators of unfavorably wet conditions for the French wheat crop, leading to the potential for lower 2024 production. (USDA/WMO graphic)
    Posted by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus

    Wet conditions are leading to the prospect of a four-year low in France's wheat production.

  • Sort & Cull

    Even though traders are unwilling to confidently trade the cattle futures, some positive fundamentals are beginning to surface. (DTN file photo by Joel Reichenberger)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    The market has been full of challenges over the last six weeks, but between improved chain speeds and stronger cash cattle sales some fundamental improvements have taken place as well.

  • Technically Speaking

    This chart first appeared on the Technically Speaking blog on March 18, 2024, with a possible double-bottom forming at that time. Friday's close at $4.82 3/4 was a new three-month high and added weight to the bullish argument for corn prices (DTN ProphetX chart).
    Posted by Todd Hultman , DTN Lead Analyst

    The corn planting season is here and challenges are already emerging as the rains keep coming. December corn prices turned higher and we have to wonder how much potential there may be for more gains ahead.

  • Market Matters Blog

    The Surface Transportation Board adopted the final rule for reciprocal switching, considering it to be a significant step in incentivizing Class I railroads to achieve and maintain higher service levels on an ongoing basis by permitting a competing line haul carrier to offer better service to win the customer's business, according to a news release. (DTN file photo by Mary Kennedy)

    The Surface Transportation Board recently announced it has, by unanimous vote, implemented the final rule for reciprocal switching.

  • Ethanol Blog

    U.S. agriculture and biofuels interests have applied to intervene in a lawsuit in Europe challenging a regulation that effectively bans crop-based biofuels from being used as feedstocks to produce sustainable aviation fuel. (DTN file photo by Todd Neeley)

    Agriculture and biofuels interests are trying to intervene in a lawsuit in Europe challenging a European Union law that effectively bans the use of crop-based biofuels to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    Jerome Powell's term as Federal Reserve chair doesn't expire until 2026 but some Trump advisors want to can him as soon as Donald Trump is elected. (Public domain photo)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    Thoughts on why the plans being drawn up by Trump advisors to undo the Federal Reserve's independence are a bad idea.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    Florida has joined three other states in banning lab-grown meat from being sold in the state. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the law stops a global-elitist agenda against beef. (DTN file photo)
    Posted by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor

    Florida is the fourth state now to ban lab-grown meat from being sold in the state. Also, USDA has tested ground beef and found no signs of the H5N1 virus that has plagued the dairy herd. In other news, a potato remains a vegetable.

  • South America Calling

    Heavy, flooding rain in the state of Rio Grande do Sul continues for the next 10 days. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    Heavy rain that has fallen recently over the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil has caused many issues with flooding including injuries, deaths and impact to both the harvest of the summer crop and planting of the winter crop. Heavy rain that continues there for...

  • Editors' Notebook

    (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Joel Reichenberger; ribbon by Getty Images; DTN/Progressive Farmer illustration by Barry Falkner)
    Posted by Anthony Greder , DTN/Progressive Farmer Content Manager

    Throughout May, Mental Health Awareness Month, DTN/Progressive Farmer will feature stories and columns on the unique mental health challenges that farmers and ranchers face and the resources and support available to assist those who are struggling to find help and hope.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    U.S. corn export sales and shipments in million bushels as of the third week of April on the left-hand axis while reported on the right-hand axis are those figures as a percent of the USDA's April WASDE estimates.

  • Canada Markets

    Canada's total production of principal grains (wheat, durum, oats, barley, corn) is forecast to increase by 4.9 percent to 61.4 million metric tons (mmt) over the previous year on an additional 1.7 mmt of wheat production, according to USDA's recently released the Canada Grain and Feed Annual report. (DTN file photo by Elaine Shein)
    Posted by Mary Kennedy , DTN Basis Analyst

    It was a busy week with various reports for Canada Agriculture of weekly exports, canola crush and other important information.

  • Production Blog

    This year's View From the Cab farmers will report in from Idaho and Kentucky throughout the growing season. (Lakey photo courtesy of Dan Lakey; Pottinger photo by Leah Pottinger)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    Follow us to Idaho and Kentucky to meet the farmers who will participate in DTN's View From the Cab series this season.

  • MachineryLink

    Gerrit Marx has been named the incoming CEO at CNH Industrial. (Photo courtesy of Iveco Group)

    In this Equipment Roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at the latest Association of Equipment Manufacturers report on tractor sales, the new CEO of CNH Industrial and AGCO's recent recipient of the 2024 Women MAKE Award.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    AcreValue's Market Explorer tool shows a heat map of farmland sales for any state nationwide. Above shows Illinois's sales since 2021, with darker purple showing higher-values land sales. (Map courtesy of AcreValue)
    Posted by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor

    Farmland analytics company AcreValue simplifies land research by making title records easy to search and weaving them together to show broader trends.

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