Blogs

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended June 26 is lower on average versus one week ago. (DTN file photo)
    Posted by Mary Kennedy , DTN Basis Analyst

    DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is lower versus one week ago.

  • Canada Markets

    The Statistics Canada June Principal Field Crop Areas report released Friday confirmed the canola market had indeed failed at one of its primary functions of encouraging supply with area not only declining from last year, but also from the March estimate. That should ensure supply will be uncomfortably tight for another year. (DTN chart, Statistics Canada data)
    Posted by Mitch Miller , DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst

    With the canola market's failure to attract acres going into seeding, canola stocks should remain uncomfortably tight for another year.

  • Ethanol Blog

    A federal court issued a key ruling on ethanol this week in favor of agriculture groups. (DTN file photo by Joel Reichenberger)

    A federal court overturned a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2024 rule that undervalued ethanol in fuel economy calculations, siding with corn and sorghum producers who argued the methodology was flawed.

  • Production Blog

    Kochia, a highly competitive weed that can reduce crop yields by as much as 70%, has been found in soybean fields in northwest Missouri. (DTN file photo)
    Posted by Jason Jenkins , DTN Crops Editor

    In what may likely be a first, kochia has been reported in soybean fields in northwest Missouri.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., twice helped lead the push to pass legislation through the House that would reform the H-2A guest-worker program for farmers and legalize undocumented farm workers. Both times the bill stalled in the Senate. Lofgren remains optimistic that a farm labor bill can pass, but that legislation would likely need to pass the Senate first. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Lofgren's office)

    Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., explained to DTN in an interview that she remains optimistic a bill can get through Congress even if leaders in key House committees continue to be roadblocks. But after the House passed legislation twice since 2019, the Senate will need to take a lead...

  • Ag Weather Forum

    The forecast going into the middle of July still shows few signs of hot and dry conditions for the middle of the country. (DTN graphics)

    Models have continually pushed back the start time to a hot and dry summer forecast. How long can they continue to do that?

  • Fundamentally Speaking

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

    Average percent change in corn acreage from the March prospective plantings report to the June acreage figures for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. vs. the highest and lowest percent change from 2000 to 2024.

  • Technically Speaking

    This is a daily chart of December corn futures showing the vulnerable support area and little below that. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Dana Mantini , Senior Market Analyst

    December corn on Monday is under severe pressure again and for about the eighth time is challenging the support area of $4.33 to $4.34. The more a chart point is challenged, the more vulnerable it becomes with each additional test. A look at the weekly version of the December...

  • Sort & Cull

    Cattle market fundamentals remain extremely bullish. Some extra volatility comes naturally with these record high prices. (DTN photo by ShayLe Stewart)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    Record high cattle prices come with more volatility. You'll never outthink the cattle market, but you can have a plan to deal better with it.

  • Minding Ag's Business

    Join us for an exclusive webinar focused on the biggest near- and long-term trends in the cattle markets on June 24 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CDT. (DTN image by Nick Scalise)

    Join Oklahoma State University Livestock Marketing Specialist Derrell Peel and DTN experts for an in-depth examination of cattle market dynamics, as well as what you can expect from weather and prices for the rest of the year.

  • An Urban's Rural View

    In the dot plot, the 19 members of the interest-rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee give their forecasts for the path of the Fed's benchmark federal funds rate. In the latest plot, 10 members see two cuts by the end of this year, two expect one cut and seven expect rates to remain at today's level between 4.25% and 4.5%. (Federal Open Market Committee graphic)

    Though the effects of tariff hikes have yet to show up in the inflation reports, the Federal Reserve expects to learn a lot more about their effects in the next few months. In the meantime, it's keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged.

  • Editors' Notebook

    According to a recent informal, online DTN/Progressive Farmer poll as well as interviews with experts and national statistics, finding good ag labor is difficult these days. (Photo by Debra Ferguson)
    Posted by Anthony Greder , DTN/Progressive Farmer Content Manager

    Stemming from multiple factors, agricultural employers nationwide find hiring workers difficult, reflecting a widespread farm labor shortage.

  • MachineryLink

    CNH reports lower sales and moderate price increases as it releases first quarter 2025 financial results. (Image courtesy of Case-IH)

    CNH Industrial, parent company of Case IH and New Holland, forecasts lower ag sales and income for 2025, while also announcing a moderate price increase "in the low single digit(s)."

  • South America Calling

    The April forecast from DTN is calling for well-below-normal rainfall for the tail end of Brazil's wet season. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    Soil moisture is below normal in many of Brazil's safrinha corn growing areas. A drier outlook for April puts that corn crop at a higher risk of drought and damage.

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