Early spring wheat planting was challenging for some farmers in North Dakota, while conditions were better in South Dakota.

New-crop December corn futures are again trading amongst the lowest prices of the 2025 calendar year, but traders may be hesitant in placing too large of a bearish bet with the gro... [Read Full Blog]

Stocks-to-use ratios for both corn and soybeans given at the USDA Ag Outlook session vs. the ones furnished in the May WASDE report.

The House Agriculture Committee plans to hold a markup next week to cut as much as $230 billion from the budget over the next decade. The cuts are expected to all come from the Sup... [Read Full Blog]

Global tensions and trade wars rise as geopolitics, markets, and environmental factors create uncertainty for farmers. Developing value-added products and new markets may offer sol... [Read Full Blog]

Planting windows are wide open across the North-Central U.S. with warm, summerlike temperatures and little rainfall. How long will that last? And will that be a concern going into... [Read Full Blog]

Although sustainable aviation fuel holds potential economic promise for rural America so far, the Trump administration has shown little interest.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2025 National Sorghum Yield Contest, which features a new protocol for verifying yields.

Packers were able to buy up some supply last week in the fed cash cattle market. But if they continue to run reduced kill schedules, how are boxed beef prices going to fare?

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.

While markets are expecting interest rate cuts later this year, the economic outlook is so uncertain that rates could go up, down or sidewise.

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)... [Read Full Blog]

With no revision higher to past production estimates, canola stocks remain uncomfortably tight.

March 18 is National Ag Day in the United States. DTN hopes you'll join us in recognizing and celebrating the many benefits that agriculture brings to our nation, to our overall ec... [Read Full Blog]