Category: Agriculture

Today, we’re sitting down with the DTN Editor in chief Greg Horstmeier and Progressive Farmer Editor in Chief Gregg Hillyer to break down the data and information we have right now and make their predictions on technology, labor, and so much more.

Visit the DTN booth at The Iowa Ag Expo! This expo is the 3rd largest indoor ag show in the United States. The show allows farmers to see the latest innovations, compare products, and listen in on free seminars led by industry experts.

Growing degree days (GDDs) are a crucial prediction tool during the growing season. Agricultural producers rely on this data to help them plan for optimal crop health and yield. You can determine these heat measurement units with a mathematical formula to project when a particular crop will reach maturity.

MINNEAPOLIS (February 1, 2021) – DTN, a leading data, analytics and technology company, and GroGuru, an industry leader in strategic irrigation management, have partnered to provide real-time, hyper-local weather information and land surface models to producers for improved decision-making around irrigation management.

Join over 25,000 agricultural producers from South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota to review the latest farm technology focused on improving yields, reducing costs, and managing risk. Stop by and visit us at booth #604.

A few unexpected announcements surprised markets coming out of a set of reports from USDA this week. The news could bode well not only for soybean markets, but for corn and wheat too in the months ahead.

Farming has come a long way since the invention of the tractor for increasing agricultural productivity. The digital age has touched every industry, and agriculture is no exception. Digital agriculture is the use of data and artificial intelligence that helps every ag player up-level how they grow, harvest, and sell food the world over. 

Progressive Farmer Senior Editor joins us to discuss what farmers and rural American’s may be thinking about the year to come in his analysis of the DTN Zogby Pulse of Rural America Survey. We talk COVID impacts, healthcare, the economy, the environment, and more.

Just about every agribusiness focuses on and prioritizes paid advertising as part of its marketing strategy. But have you considered how organic marketing can help you generate more leads? 

DTN’s Todd Hultman joins us to discuss what’s usually a very quiet report, what neutral outlooks for corn and wheat, and a bullish soybean market, could mean for the markets during the likely quieter months ahead, and why some trader positions might offer some caution.