Ag Weather Forum
John Baranick
|
|
Tuesday, April 02, 2024 2:55 PM
An active pattern continues to bring large storm systems through this spring, which has increased soil moisture in a lot of areas of the country. With spring planting starting up across the south, and those in the north eyeing their start, soils will likely start with some good moisture. But will that delay planting?
[Read Full Blog]
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 7:21 PM
A very strong super El Nino this winter is quickly breaking down and La Nina is forecast to develop this summer. Assuming it does, which is highly likely, here's what we can expect to see this summer and beyond.
[Read Full Blog]
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 4:01 PM
The Australia Bureau of Meteorology remains cautious on the timing of La Nina development in 2024.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Canada Markets
Cliff Jamieson
|
|
Monday, April 01, 2024 8:51 PM
Shipper demand for cars for loading was the highest seen in 17 weeks according to AG Transport Coalition data, while railway performance is seen deteriorating over the most recent week.
[Read Full Blog]
Thursday, March 28, 2024 8:57 PM
This study looks at the 10-year average futures price change for select crops, old crop and new crop, on the day that the USDA released its Quarterly Stocks report and its Prospective Plantings report.
[Read Full Blog]
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 8:01 PM
In advance of Thursday's USDA acreage estimates for 2024, we seen that pre-report estimates are pointing to a year-over-year change in corn and soybean acres that is opposite to the changes forecast by Statistics Canada in its first official estimates for the year.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Fundamentally Speaking
Joel Karlin
|
|
Thursday, March 28, 2024 1:42 PM
End of March December corn price along with the 2007-2024 end of March average Dec price of $4.76 vs. the end of March November soybean price along with the 2007-2024 end of March average Nov price of $11.15
[Read Full Blog]
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 1:49 PM
Percent of U.S. corn planted by April 30 and May 25 vs. acreage change for corn and soybeans from March intentions to the final figure
[Read Full Blog]
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:39 PM
average percent change in U.S. soybean planted area from the March intentions to June acreage report, the June acreage to the final production figure, and also the March intentions to the final number for the top 18 producing states and the U.S.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
An Urban's Rural View
Urban Lehner
|
|
Tuesday, April 02, 2024 6:07 PM
Tobacco and alcohol can't be purchased with food stamps. Sodas can. A Congressman who's a physician wants to change this.
[Read Full Blog]
Friday, March 22, 2024 7:03 PM
Judging from the headlines, you might think the U.S. is souring on foreign investment. The statistics tell a different story. But there are special cases.
[Read Full Blog]
Friday, March 08, 2024 11:07 AM
Big international and domestic uncertainties face Japan, which despite being overshadowed by China, Mexico and Canada remains a big market for U.S. agricultural exports.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Ag Policy Blog
Chris Clayton
|
|
Tuesday, April 02, 2024 4:17 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for president and has a plan to revolutionize ag, including reversing 80 years of farm policy.
[Read Full Blog]
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 11:48 AM
The announcement to open up Conservation Reserve Program acres is meant to help livestock producers in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas who were hit by the wildfires at the beginning of March.
[Read Full Blog]
Friday, March 22, 2024 6:55 PM
While there were complaints about how USDA uses the Commodity Credit Corp., on Thursday, there were also several members of Congress who want CCC used to help producers with specific challenges in their home districts as well.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Harrington's Sort & Cull
DTN Staff
|
|
Monday, April 01, 2024 7:20 PM
The difficult thing about situations like these is that until disease specialists have the time they need to run the tests necessary to better understand this flu variant, panic and fear fly as everyone in the market wants to be ahead of the story as opposed to behind it.
[Read Full Blog]
Monday, March 25, 2024 8:17 PM
One would like to think that the market would take bullish news and run with it. But when you study both the live cattle and feeder cattle market's charts, it's hard to demand that the market do much more when historically speaking the market is trading at its highest level.
[Read Full Blog]
Monday, March 18, 2024 6:00 PM
Given the snowstorms that crippled transportation, weekly sale barn auctions and consequently hindered feeder cattle placements in January, it should be common knowledge there were higher
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Technically Speaking
DTN Staff
|
|
Tuesday, April 02, 2024 1:29 PM
Just as the new highs in cash soybean prices above $16.47 ultimately lost support in June 2022, the new lows in February 2024 may suffer the same fate.
[Read Full Blog]
Monday, March 25, 2024 12:42 PM
Wheat, for months, has been beaten down by aggressive Russian and Ukrainian exports. While Russian values appear to be firming a bit, there seems to be another change that could impact their ability to export. Following last weekend's Ukraine attack on a Russian oil facility and the weekend terror attack in Moscow, which some attribute to Ukraine, it appears we are on the brink of a wider war effort from Russia. That, coupled with the technical look of KC July, could lead to a move higher again.
[Read Full Blog]
Monday, March 25, 2024 12:33 PM
Wheat, for months, has been beaten down by aggressive Russian and Ukrainian exports. While Russian values appear to be firming a bit, there seems to be another change that could impact their ability to export. Following last weekend's Ukraine attack on a Russian oil facility and the weekend terror attack in Moscow, which some attribute to Ukraine, it appears we are on the brink of a wider war effort from Russia. That, coupled with the technical look of KC July, could lead to a move higher again.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Minding Ag's Business
Katie Dehlinger
|
|
Friday, March 22, 2024 7:55 PM
More farmers borrowed money in 2023, resulting in a growing loan business for the nation's farm banks, according to an annual report from the American Bankers Association.
[Read Full Blog]
Thursday, March 14, 2024 12:28 PM
The next Ag Summit Series webinar will discuss strategies and plans to help farmers make the best of a tough year of prices and weather.
[Read Full Blog]
Thursday, March 14, 2024 12:28 PM
The next Ag Summit Series webinar will discuss strategies and plans to help farmers make the best of a tough year of prices and weather.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
|
|
|
Monday, April 01, 2024 2:25 PM
The Renewable Fuels Association is intervening in an international lawsuit against a European Union maritime regulation that places crop-based biofuels on the same carbon footing as fossil fuels.
[Read Full Blog]
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 2:22 PM
Agriculture and biofuels interest groups have asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to issue an emergency waiver to allow for the continued sale of E15.
[Read Full Blog]
Thursday, March 21, 2024 6:03 PM
Agriculture and biofuels groups asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to release much-anticipated adjustments to a key climate model used to determine eligibility on a tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Machinery Chatter
Dan Miller
|
|
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:40 AM
The Port of Baltimore is a key import-export point for farm and construction machinery. The port tallied a record 1.3 million tons of roll on/roll off farm and construction machinery in 2023. The previous record was 1 million tons in 2012.
[Read Full Blog]
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 4:57 PM
Q&A with Deere's VP of Production Systems Aaron Wetzel on new S7 series combine and stereo cameras.
[Read Full Blog]
Thursday, March 14, 2024 1:26 PM
U.S. sales of 4WD tractors and combines were down in February 2024 compared to year-ago sales, but sales of 100-plus horsepower ag tractors increased slightly.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
South America Calling
DTN Staff
|
|
Thursday, March 28, 2024 3:06 PM
After some hefty rainfall in Central Brazil during the last several days, subsoil moisture estimates from satellite observations barely budged. More rain is in the forecast. Can this create some better moisture?
[Read Full Blog]
Thursday, March 28, 2024 3:06 PM
After some hefty rainfall in Central Brazil during the last several days, subsoil moisture estimates from satellite observations barely budged. More rain is in the forecast. Can this create some better moisture?
[Read Full Blog]
Thursday, March 21, 2024 5:36 PM
A cold front in southern Brazil will move up into central Brazil and stall out, bringing days of good showers there. But with subsoil moisture lacking significantly, will this coming rain be enough to build in enough soil moisture for the safrinha corn crop?
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Market Matters Blog
DTN Staff
|
|
Monday, April 01, 2024 4:00 PM
Mississippi River mayors held a news conference to offer insights on possible increases in shipping traffic on the Mississippi River to aid the backlog occurring from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
[Read Full Blog]
Friday, March 29, 2024 6:29 PM
DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is down $3 on average versus one week ago.
[Read Full Blog]
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:33 AM
A container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning, causing a catastrophic failure as the bridge collapsed. Shipping and agricultural interests are still determining the impact the accident will have on shipping in and out of the Port of Baltimore.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Production Blog
Pam Smith
|
|
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 7:35 PM
After a three-year hiatus, the latest National Cover Crop Survey reveals how and why the practice is being adopted on an increasing number of U.S. farm acres.
[Read Full Blog]
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 7:35 PM
After a three-year hiatus, the latest National Cover Crop Survey reveals how and why the practice is being adopted on an increasing number of U.S. farm acres.
[Read Full Blog]
Wednesday, March 06, 2024 9:55 PM
The 2024 Commodity Classic drew a record crowd to a sold-out trade show. Here's a rundown on four products from the event that caught the attention of one DTN crops editor.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
Editors' Notebook
Greg D.Horstmeier
|
|
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 10:05 AM
March 19 is National Ag Day in the U.S. DTN hopes you'll join us to recognize and celebrate the many benefits agriculture brings to our nation, to our overall economy, and to the world.
[Read Full Blog]
Friday, December 29, 2023 6:11 PM
Here's why you should be aware of the stories on DTN's 2023 Top 10 Ag Stories list, and perhaps care more about the impact of some of the sleeper subjects on the list.
[Read Full Blog]
Thursday, December 28, 2023 5:13 PM
On this day in 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law. Has the legislation been successful? It depends on your perspective.
[Read Full Blog]
|
|
