The last tow leaving St. Paul, Minnesota, on Dec. 1 put an end to the 2024 shipping season on the far Upper Mississippi River. In the meantime, levels on the Lower Mississippi Rive... [Read Full Blog]

After having support since mid-August at the $10.12 to $10.15 area, new-crop November 2025 soybean futures last week broke down slightly below that support area and may just have b... [Read Full Blog]

2024 soybean yield as given in the USDA's November crop production report as a percent of the 25-year trend vs. the 10, 20 and 30-year trend growth rate for soybeans.

Leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees, along with farm-state allies, are trying to craft a plan that would provide payments to producers who are suffering from low... [Read Full Blog]

The Economic Research Service's third reading of net farm incomes is lower than 2023, but the decline is softer than initially forecast due to better-than-expected production expen... [Read Full Blog]

Storm analysis finds climate change increased the wind speed for every hurricane in 2024.

Equity holders for Richardton, North Dakota,-based Red Trail Energy LLC's ethanol plant approved the sale of the company to Gevo Inc., a company that plans to produce sustainable a... [Read Full Blog]

A free Herbicide Classification chart can help you select herbicides and rotate among effective herbicides to delay the development of herbicide resistance.

Love them or hate them, participants other than those directly involved with a commodity use futures markets for various purposes. DTN Contributing Canadian Grains Analyst Mitch Mi... [Read Full Blog]

It's been a tough task to accomplish, but there are some small cracks in the good weather situation for South America.

China is signaling how it will react to much higher tariffs in a second Trump administration. Indeed, it's already reacting.

The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a minor-level geomagnetic storm watch for this weekend. A storm of this intensity will have little to no impact on farming guidance s... [Read Full Blog]

U.S. Treasury markets suggesting evidence of inflation turning higher at a time when central banks around the world are cutting interest rates could make for difficult times ahead.... [Read Full Blog]

A weekend at the All American Quarter Horse Congress filled with exciting classes, shopping, delicious food and a strong sense of community that makes the event truly special.