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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 11:51AM CDT Prices of all eight major fertilizers were higher in the first full week of May 2026 compared to a month earlier. However, only one fertilizer was significantly higher, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. The remaining seven nutrients were just slightly more expensive.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 6:34AM CDT Farmers highlighted their frustrations over fertilizer price moves, while senators drilled into questions over price reporting and expanding fertilizer supplies during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Tuesday. At least one witness called on Congress to consider more aid relief for producers to deal with the price impacts caused by the war in Iran.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 10:47PM CDT Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's 68th Annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Tuesday, May 12, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 38.3 bushels per acre.
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DTN Market Matters Blog
Editorial Staff
UP and NS Resubmit Merger Application to STB Amid Growing Opposition
Monday, May 11, 2026 12:00PM CDT
A revised major merger application from Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern was recently submitted to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.
DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Lower on Average
Friday, May 8, 2026 11:39AM CDT
Spring Wheat Planting Slowed by Cold Soil and Wet Fields
Monday, May 4, 2026 12:37PM CDT
Technically Speaking
Editorial Staff
Is That a Bear Flag Pattern on May Soybeans?
Monday, March 23, 2026 12:53PM CDT
The May soybean futures chart appears to be forming a bear flag pattern that typically indicates a downward resolution. However, chart patterns are certainly not always highly reli... [Read Full Blog]
Is That a Bear Flag Pattern on May Soybeans?
Monday, March 23, 2026 12:53PM CDT
Spot Corn Futures and the Challenge That It Faces
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 12:33PM CDT
Fundamentally Speaking
Joel Karlin
DTN Contributing Analyst
Largest Fund Long in Corn in Over a Year
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 9:13AM CDT
Net fund position in corn with both futures and options vs. the price of spot corn in dollars per bushel.
Current Soybean Export Projections Still Look Too High
Thursday, March 12, 2026 11:28AM CDT
Current Soybean Export Projections Still Look Too High
Thursday, March 12, 2026 11:28AM CDT
DTN Ag Policy Blog
Chris Clayton
DTN Ag Policy Editor
CEOs Heading to China With Trump; E15 Bill on Deck in House
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 6:08AM CDT
Soybean and corn both have their market-moving moments this week with the summit in China and Congress looking to vote on E15 legislation. Cargill's CEO will join President Donald... [Read Full Blog]
Hormuz Crisis Sparks UN Warning Over Global Crop Yields and Food Supplies
Thursday, May 7, 2026 2:14PM CDT
Hormuz Crisis Sparks UN Warning Over Global Crop Yields and Food Supplies
Thursday, May 7, 2026 2:14PM CDT
Minding Ag's Business
Katie Behlinger
Farm Business Editor
Grain Marketing Resolutions to Make It Through 'Weird' Years
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 7:05AM CDT
Commodities brokers advise farmers to develop disciplined grain marketing plans based on production costs, stick to price targets, seek professional guidance and utilize futures an... [Read Full Blog]
My Sentimental and Economic Case for Prime Rib
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 10:35AM CDT
Frustrating Markets Stress Importance of a Marketing Plan
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 12:48PM CDT
DTN Ag Weather Forum
Bryce Anderson
DTN Ag Meteorologist and DTN Analyst
Heavy Early May Snow Brings Minimal Soil Moisture Benefit to Western Plains
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 9:11AM CDT
Very warm weather means surface moisture will evaporate before soaking into the soil profile.
Heavy Early May Snow Brings Minimal Soil Moisture Benefit to Western Plains
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 9:11AM CDT
5 Global Regions Hit Hard by a Super El Nino
Friday, May 8, 2026 11:14AM CDT
DTN Ethanol Blog
Editorial Staff
EU Move to Phase Out Soybeans as Biofuel Feedstock by 2030 Threatens $2.2 Billion in US Exports
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 1:26PM CDT
The European Commission's April 2026 proposal to phase out soybeans as a biofuel feedstock by 2030 could threaten U.S. soybean exports for biofuels production to the European Union... [Read Full Blog]
EU Move to Phase Out Soybeans as Biofuel Feedstock by 2030 Threatens $2.2 Billion in US Exports
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 1:26PM CDT
28 Farm Groups Urge Trump Officials to Act on 45Z Clean Fuels Tax Credit, Citing Distressed Ag Economy
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 11:29AM CDT
DTN Production Blog
Pam Smith
Crops Technology Editor
Resist the Instant Urge to Replant Soybean Stands Bit by Cold
Friday, May 8, 2026 3:28PM CDT
Frosts and freezes may lead to less-than-ideal soybean stands, but replanting may not be necessary.
How to Size Up a Soggy Crop
Thursday, April 30, 2026 4:06PM CDT
Six Reasons to Check Farm Insurance Coverage
Friday, April 17, 2026 1:59PM CDT
Harrington's Sort & Cull
John Harrington
DTN Livestock Analyst
Headline Day-Trading Robs Cattle Complex Once Again
Monday, May 11, 2026 1:53PM CDT
If only the market was as simple as supply and demand, consumers, and the cattle needed to produce the beef those consumers desire; wouldn't that be the day? Unfortunately, that's... [Read Full Blog]
The Pedal Hit the Metal in Last Week's Fed Cash Cattle Market
Monday, May 4, 2026 2:44PM CDT
Bullish Excitement Roars Through Monday's Market and Drives Cattle Sharply Higher
Monday, April 27, 2026 3:12PM CDT
South America Calling
Editorial Staff
Last Month of Brazil's Wet Season Looking Drier
Friday, March 27, 2026 10:34AM CDT
Yet another month of below-normal precipitation puts into question how much corn Brazil can produce with its safrinha crop.
Safrinha Corn Slightly Behind Schedule in Brazil, Sparking Concerns for Rest of Wet Season
Friday, February 27, 2026 11:03AM CDT
Safrinha Corn Update Across Brazil
Friday, February 13, 2026 1:54PM CDT
An Urban’s Rural View
Urban Lehner
Editor Emeritus
US Soybean Farmers Need To Be Less Dependent on China
Monday, May 11, 2026 9:39AM CDT
The president is heading to Beijing for a summit, having in recent months softened his approach to China. Even if he comes back with more soybean sales, American bean growers need... [Read Full Blog]
Let the Chinese Make Cars in the US, With Conditions
Monday, May 4, 2026 8:41AM CDT
I'll Take That Advice Medium-Rare, Please
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 1:19PM CDT
Machinery Chatter
Dan Miller
Progressive Farmer Senior Editor
Diesel by the Numbers; Equipment Sales Down; Reports Say Cat Buys Monarch Tech
Monday, April 20, 2026 11:09AM CDT
In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at high diesel costs hitting returns; March equipment sales down; reports that Cat buys Monarch technology; Fieldwork Roboti... [Read Full Blog]
Severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued, Auroras May be Seen as Far South as Alabama
Monday, January 19, 2026 1:10PM CDT
Tractor and Combine Sales Fall Sharply in October
Friday, November 14, 2025 8:44AM CDT
Canadian Markets
Cliff Jamieson
Canadian Grains Analyst
2026 US Wheat Production Expected to Be Lowest Since 1972
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 10:34AM CDT
Nothing cures low prices like low prices. Producers had enough of poor returns from wheat and reduced area, then Mother Nature helped cut production even further.
Statistics Canada March 31 Grain Stocks Report Review
Thursday, May 7, 2026 1:36PM CDT
Corn Market Participants Positioning Themselves Like Mid-2020
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 9:22AM CDT
Editor’s Notebook
Greg D. Horstmeier
DTN Editor-in-Chief
Rural Resilience: How Small Towns Are Surviving -- and Thriving -- Against the Odds
Friday, May 8, 2026 4:54AM CDT
DTN/Progressive Farmer examines the challenges facing rural America and the solutions some communities are embracing to succeed, in a series titled "Rural Resilience."
Celebrating Past Accomplishments, Planning Quality Journalism for the Future
Monday, April 27, 2026 12:50PM CDT
Ag Day Celebrates Our Industry
Friday, March 20, 2026 6:04AM CDT
DTN Market Headlines
July corn is up 1 1/2 cents per bushel, July soybeans are up 3 cents, July KC wheat is up 12 cents, July Chicago wheat is down 2 cents, and MIAX July Minneapolis wheat is up 0.0575 cents.
Cattle futures opened higher and then moved higher before liquidation was triggered, and futures fell back. Positive news was overshadowed by profit-taking. Hog futures fell, taking back the gains on Monday and then some, with June moving to a new low.
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