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@C - CORN - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Dec 428'0 425'4 425'4 -1'2
Mar 445'4 443'4 443'4 -1'0
May 455'2 453'4 453'4 -0'6
 
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Nov 1044'4 1040'4 1040'4 -3'2
Jan 1063'6 1059'6 1060'0 -3'0
Mar 1078'6 1075'2 1075'2 -2'6
 
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Dec 531'0 528'0 528'4 0'2
Mar 549'2 546'4 546'4 0'2
May 560'4 557'6 557'6 0'0
 
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Oct 233.075 229.600 231.475 - 2.350
Dec 234.675 231.125 233.100 - 2.475
Feb 236.500 233.025 234.750 - 2.650
 
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Oct 97.900 97.200 97.350 -0.050
Dec 88.550 87.550 87.700 -0.575
Feb 90.550 89.650 89.800 -0.500

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DTN Market Matters Blog

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DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Higher on Average

China Snubs US Soybeans; Farmers Face Falling Basis as Harvest Nears

Technically Speaking

November Soybeans Still in Uptrend, But Can It Last?

November Soybeans: A Dead Cat Bounce?

December Corn Needs Good News Fast

Fundamentally Speaking

Week 36 Corn Crop Ratings, Yields

Large Crops Push Corn, Soybean Ratios to Large Carries

U.S. Corn Harvested/Planted Ratio

DTN Ag Policy Blog

Trump Administration Seeks Comments, Sets Hearing for USMCA Review

Discussions Increasing Around Another Economic Aid Package

Trade Deal With Japan Set to Boost U.S. Agricultural Sales

Minding Ag's Business

Management, Financial Focus at TEPAP Set Farmers Up for Success

Innovative Risk Management for Hard Times

Demand for Operating Loans Grows as Delinquency Rates, Bankruptcies Edge Higher

DTN Ag Weather Forum

Warm Pacific Ocean May Have Boosted North Dakota Tornado Outbreak

Between Two Jet Streams: Meandering Storm Bringing Rainfall to Central US

La Nina Returns This Fall Into Early 2026

DTN Ethanol Blog

Forty-Two Members of Congress Urge EPA to Minimize RFS Volumes Increases, Stop Reallocation Plans

Forty-Two Members of Congress Urge EPA to Minimize RFS Volumes Increases, Stop Reallocation Plans

Poet Acquires Green Plains' 120-Million-Gallon Ethanol Plant in Tennessee

DTN Production Blog

Mitigation Math: Webinar Offers Tips to Tally Points for Pesticide Use

Corn Black Layer Sends a Signal About Building Dry Matter

New Soybean Products Found at Farm Progress Show

Harrington's Sort & Cull

Monitoring Technical Support Levels in the Live Cattle Complex

Packers Gained Leverage Last Week in Fed Cash Cattle Market

Will Feeder Cattle Prices Keep Rising? Two Critical Market Factors to Watch

South America Calling

South America Growing Season Primer: When Does Weather Matter?

April Forecast a Concern for Brazil's Safrinha Corn

Showers Coming for Brazil, But Still Below Normal

An Urban’s Rural View

Whither Interest Rates Now That the Fed Is Cutting Again

Critics Call the Government's Stake in Intel Socialism. Are They Right?

Why Brazil Will Remain China's Preferred Soybean Supplier

Machinery Chatter

Take a Trip With Us to the 2025 Farm Progress Show in Decatur

Take a Trip With Us to the 2025 Farm Progress Show in Decatur

AGCO's Trimble PTx Adds Tillage Capability to Its OutRun Autonomous Technology

Canadian Markets

Demystifying Statistics Canada's July 31 Stocks of Principal Field Crops Report

Demystifying Statistics Canada's July 31 Stocks of Principal Field Crops Report

Has Harvest Low Already Been Set for Corn Market?

Editor’s Notebook

Generations of People Make the Iowa State Fair Memorable

Generations of People Make the Iowa State Fair Memorable

Agriculture Burnout Is Real: Why We Need to Talk About Mental Health



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Cover Crop Prices Lower This Fall
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DTN Crops News
Monday, September 15, 2025 8:46AM CDT
Farmers are blending tradition with innovation, using cover crops, no-till, and diversified practices to cut input costs, fight weeds, and protect soil while there is a growing push for regenerative agricultural practices. But these practices also offer farmers another way to reshape profitability while increasing conservation.

Monday, September 15, 2025 6:55AM CDT
Prices for popular cover crops such as cereal rye and nitrogen-fixing brassicas are a little cheaper for producers this fall. A range of programs offers farmers incentives to try the practice and rewards farmers who have already been planting cover crops.

Friday, September 12, 2025 7:02AM CDT
A review of DTN's yield models as of Sept. 1 shows yield forecasts in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio declining or holding steady, while Western Corn Belt states see stronger corn yield potential.


DTN Farm Business
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 7:42AM CDT
The official release of the latest MAHA report mirrored a leaked copy from last month that backs away from criticisms of pesticide use by farmers. The report does tout agricultural investments in precision spraying with drones and repeatedly champions soil health practices.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 3:03PM CDT
Beginning and aspiring farmers are invited to apply for Practical Farmers of Iowa's Savings Incentive Program, a two-year program that helps beginning farmers create successful farm businesses through mentorships and business and financial support.

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