Blogs

  • Ag Weather Forum

    A ridge building into western North America next week will change the weather pattern, but for how long? (Tropical Tidbits graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    The upper-level weather pattern is changing to a direction that should be more limiting to disturbances and systems moving through the region starting in the middle of next week. However, models disagree on how long this lasts and wet weather may come back into the picture by...

  • Market Matters Blog

    DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended May 30 is down $1 per ton 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 down $1 on average versus one week ago.

  • Ag Policy Blog

    USDA is spending more funds to increase testing and monitoring for the H5N1 virus in dairy cows. Officials also are encouraging dairy farmers to voluntarily test their milk for the virus. The moves come as another dairy worker has tested positive for the virus as well. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)

    Along with new funding, USDA is creating a pilot program that would designate dairy farms as negative status for the H5N1 virus if they test negative for the virus three weeks in a row using on-farm bulk milk or similar milk samples. Herds that continue testing negative will be...

  • Production Blog

    The soil tends and teaches. Add these books to your child's summer reading list to help preserve the legacy of the land. (DTN photo by Pamela Smith)
    Posted by Pamela Smith , Crops Technology Editor

    Let your kids dig into these children's books that explain the importance of soil and conserving agriculture's precious resource.

  • Fundamentally Speaking

    Posted by Joel Karlin , DTN Contributing Analyst

    USDA's May WASDE old crop and first new crop stocks-to-use ratios for U.S. corn and soybeans.

  • Technically Speaking

    July Chicago wheat surged higher for a third time in the past five weeks, closing near $7 for the first time since August 2023. Specs have covered most of their net short positions and wheat crops around the Black Sea are being stressed by dry weather. (DTN ProphetX chart)
    Posted by Todd Hultman , DTN Lead Analyst

    On May 24, July Chicago wheat closed near $7 for the first time since August 2023, helped by a number of weather surprises in early 2024.

  • Ethanol Blog

    Federal lawmakers from Iowa asked the Biden administration this week to amend the Renewable Fuel Standard. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)

    Federal lawmakers from Iowa asked the Biden administration to amend Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2024 and 2025, in a letter this week to President Joe Biden and Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • South America Calling

    Limited rainfall is forecast in south-central Brazil but may be locally heavy as forecast by the European model. (DTN graphic)
    Posted by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist

    It has been very dry for more than a month in safrinha corn growing areas in central and south-central Brazil. Many have not seen a drop in over six weeks. But a front coming up from the south gives some hope to a crop that is not yet mature and could use the rain that...

  • An Urban's Rural View

    The Camargue, the delta through which the Rhone River flows to the Mediterranean Sea, is famous for its flamingos -- and its rice.  (Photo by Urban Lehner)
    Posted by Urban C Lehner , Editor Emeritus

    Thousands of acres of the reputedly wild Rhone River delta are cultivated in rice, but the number of acres has declined.

  • Sort & Cull

    Seasonal beef demand has helped reignite the cattle market's flame, as boxed beef prices, cash cattle prices and the futures complex all traded higher last week. (Getty Images photo)
    Posted by ShayLe Stewart , DTN Livestock Analyst

    Seasonal demand may have been slow to surface, but last week, choice cuts averaged $9.96 higher than the previous week as consumers are ready for the grilling season!

  • Minding Ag's Business

    With surplus topsoil moisture estimates climbing, concerns are growing about planting delays. (DTN map)

    While rain may slow the national planting pace, some growers will get a few windows of opportunity. Anxiety about U.S. planting and Brazilian flooding has changed the market trend.

  • MachineryLink

    AGCO has opened Fendt Lodge in Jackson, Minnesota. It is Fendt's brand home and a place where farmer customers will see and even experience Fendt's product line. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Dan Miller)

    DTN/Progressive Farmer spoke with AGCO's CEO Eric Hansotia about Precision Planting's newest weed management technology, Fendt Lodge and Fendt's marketing strategies.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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