One of the STB's statutory duties is to adjudicate complaints brought by shippers seeking reductions in railroad transportation rates.

This is DTN's weekly analysis of the grain markets.

End of July ratings for each of the top 18 soybean producing states and the U.S. for this year, last year and then the 1986-2020 average.

A letter to USDA from the House Agriculture Committee calls on the department to deal with several questions going on within the cattle industry. The congressmen want USDA to tap t... [Read Full Blog]

While the National Grain and Feed Association largely supports the CFTC's fifth attempt to create a position limits rule, its official statement on the rule offers a number of sugg... [Read Full Blog]

Late summer ushers in stark differences in central U.S. rainfall and associated drought conditions.

With the possibility of Brazil expanding tariffs on imports of ethanol from the United States, the Renewable Fuels Association has asked the U.S. trade representative to make it ha... [Read Full Blog]

Some simple formulas can help determine how corn and soybean yields are stacking up this year.

This past year has seen unprecedented market swings and changes through the cattle industry, making it uncertain just how closely seasonal trends should be followed. Even though ma... [Read Full Blog]

The onset of the Southern Hemisphere dry season adds to an already-short soil moisture supply in much of Brazil's crop areas.

Those unrequested envelopes of seeds from China are the modern-day equivalent of the Trojan Horse.

When I was kid growing up on our eastern Nebraska farm, my dad purchased an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). This was in the early 1980s and he got a three-wheeler, which he used to chec... [Read Full Blog]

USDA has forecast global canola/rapeseed ending stocks at 4.573 million metric tons in August, while stocks as a percentage of use is calculated at 6.6%, the tightest ratio calcula... [Read Full Blog]

In mechanics, and in life, issues arising from neglect rarely fix themselves. If allowed to squeak long enough, a minor irritant can become a catastrophic failure.