The presidents for three state corn groups wrote President Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling for his administration to take more direct enforcement actions against the fertilizer industry. The farmers said higher fertilizer prices are eroding any gains farmers might receive from aid for high diesel costs.
Pasture and range conditions changed little nationally, but improving weather, widespread rain chances and warmer temperatures could boost forage growth across much of cattle country.
A new FSA rule now treats LLCs and S corps as pass-through entities, prompting farmers to reconsider entity structure, weighing S corp tax savings against partnerships' greater flexibility and debt-basis advantages.
USDA on Friday revised its corn estimates for September, citing a processing error involving acreage weights that affected yield estimates out of Kansas and Nebraska. Despite the revisions, USDA did not change its October yield projection of 181.2 bushels per acre or its production projection of 16.034 billion bushels.
A slight temperature cool-down and increased rain potential hit the Midwest, while market traders predict no rate hikes from the Fed.
Cab time gives way to seasonal reflection for DTN's View From the Cab farmers as they wrap up the 2026 crop season.
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.4 million head on Oct. 1, 2026. The inventory was slightly below Oct. 1, 2025, USDA NASS reported on Friday.
Perpetual futures, 24/7 trading and prediction markets take center stage at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) AgCon as the agency looks to stimulate innovation in trading platforms that have long track records of providing price discovery and risk management to agriculture.
For the third week in a row, seven of the eight major fertilizers are more expensive compared to the second week of September 2026. Three fertilizers (UAN32, UAN28 and anhydrous) had substantial price increases. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.
A recent DTN survey showed a high percentage of agricultural producers are concerned about their profitability with record high diesel prices. Nearly 86% of respondents said diesel prices are affecting their profitability "a great deal" or "moderately."
Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.053 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended Oct. 2.
