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	Dems: Trump Should Join Shutdown Talks 10/17 06:10
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	DTN Crops News
	Missouri Supreme Court Refuses to Review $600M Judgment in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit Monday, October 13, 2025 6:54AM CDT Missouri's highest court has refused to review a ruling that found the herbicide Roundup causes cancer. [Read Full News Story] Combines Kick Up Clouds of Black Dust Thursday, October 9, 2025 10:41AM CDT That cloud of black behind the combine might be more than dust. It's nature's way of degrading plant tissue. [Read Full News Story] Regenerative Agriculture Highlighted as Iowa Farm Named Partner in Bayer ForwardFarming Initiative Wednesday, October 8, 2025 9:03AM CDT For the first time, Bayer has selected a Midwest farm to participate in ForwardFarming, its global program promoting sustainable agriculture practices. [Read Full News Story]

	DTN Blogs
	DTN Market Matters Blog Editorial Staff DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Lower on Average Friday, October 17, 2025 12:00PM CDT DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is lower versus one week ago. As USTR Fees on Chinese Ships Near Implementation, China Hits Back Monday, October 13, 2025 8:15AM CDT DTN Weekly DDG Price Unchanged on Average Friday, October 10, 2025 12:39PM CDT Technically Speaking Editorial Staff Is There a Light at the End of the Wheat Tunnel? Tuesday, October 7, 2025 11:31AM CDT Most-active December Kansas City wheat futures have fallen below long-term support at $5, cementing late 2025 wheat pric... [Read Full Blog] November Soybeans Still in Uptrend, But Can It Last? Wednesday, September 3, 2025 11:22AM CDT November Soybeans: A Dead Cat Bounce? Tuesday, August 5, 2025 10:18AM CDT Fundamentally Speaking Joel Karlin DTN Contributing Analyst 2025 U.S. Winter Wheat Yield Second Highest Ever Thursday, October 16, 2025 8:39AM CDT 2024 and 2025 winter wheat yields for the top 18 growing states and the U.S. vs. the percent those yields deviated from... [Read Full Blog] 9/1 Corn Stocks Come in 14.6% Above Average Trade Estimate Wednesday, October 1, 2025 9:57AM CDT 9/1 Corn Stocks Come in 14.6% Above Average Trade Estimate Wednesday, October 1, 2025 9:57AM CDT DTN Ag Policy Blog Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor Marketing Assistance Loans Could Provide a Cash Flow Option When FSA Offices Reopen Thursday, October 16, 2025 5:03PM CDT Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been trying to convince the White House to reopen Farm Service Agency offices so f... [Read Full Blog] Officials Blast China Over Rare Earth Minerals, Reflecting Escalated Trade Tensions Wednesday, October 15, 2025 4:35PM CDT AFBF President: Conditions Are Becoming Too Much For Family Farms to Bear Friday, October 10, 2025 10:03AM CDT Minding Ag's Business Katie Behlinger Farm Business Editor Off-Farm Jobs Won't Salvage This Farm Crisis Wednesday, October 8, 2025 2:11PM CDT Unlike the 1980s when farmers could take off-farm jobs to survive tough times, today's $66K average salary won't even co... [Read Full Blog] Management, Financial Focus at TEPAP Set Farmers Up for Success Tuesday, September 16, 2025 2:06PM CDT Innovative Risk Management for Hard Times Friday, September 12, 2025 4:58AM CDT DTN Ag Weather Forum Bryce Anderson DTN Ag Meteorologist and DTN Analyst Front May Clear Out Rain for Southern, Central Brazil Next Week Thursday, October 16, 2025 10:02AM CDT A strong front this weekend may clear out rain for Southern, Central Brazil next week. Here's how it may affect crops. Warming Leads to Notable Delays in the Average First Freeze Date Wednesday, October 15, 2025 12:33PM CDT Rollercoaster Fall Weather Pattern for the Rest of October Tuesday, October 14, 2025 9:31AM CDT DTN Ethanol Blog Editorial Staff Study: Soybean Farmers Face Up to $7.5B Loss if EPA Doesn't Reallocate All Biofuels Gallons Waived Friday, October 17, 2025 11:05AM CDT U.S. soybean farmers could lose up to $7.5 billion if the Trump administration doesn't fully reallocate biofuels gallons... [Read Full Blog] Trump Administration Grants Loan Guarantee Extension for Gevo on Proposed SAF Plant Plans Wednesday, October 15, 2025 10:55AM CDT EPA Seeks Biofuels Litigation Delay Amid Federal Shutdown, Refiner Opposes Thursday, October 2, 2025 10:57AM CDT DTN Production Blog Pam Smith Crops Technology Editor Combines Kick Up Clouds of Black Dust Thursday, October 9, 2025 10:43AM CDT That cloud of black behind the combine might be more than dust. It's nature's way of degrading plant tissue. Take Time to Outsmart Nematodes Monday, October 6, 2025 9:14AM CDT Soybean Cyst Nematodes Like Dry Conditions Friday, October 3, 2025 1:09PM CDT Harrington's Sort & Cull John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst Beef Producers, It's Time to Speak Up Friday, October 17, 2025 5:56PM CDT Comments from the Trump administration have caught beef producers' attention. Prices have been driven by low inventory,... [Read Full Blog] Beef Producers, It's Time to Speak Up Friday, October 17, 2025 5:56PM CDT Beef Producers, It's Time to Speak Up Friday, October 17, 2025 5:56PM CDT South America Calling Editorial Staff Front May Clear Out Rain for Southern, Central Brazil Next Week Friday, October 17, 2025 9:13AM CDT A strong front this weekend may clear out rain for Southern, Central Brazil next week. Here's how it may affect crops. Wet Season Finally Coming to Central Brazil Friday, October 10, 2025 10:09AM CDT Central Brazil Soybeans at Risk With Continued Dry Weather Friday, October 3, 2025 3:13PM CDT An Urban’s Rural View Urban Lehner Editor Emeritus US Soybean Farmers Are Dangerously Overdependent on China Tuesday, October 14, 2025 9:56AM CDT When your biggest customer buys more from you than the next nine customers combined, you've got a problem. Miran's Case for Bigger Interest Rate Cuts Fails to Persuade Friday, October 10, 2025 4:47AM CDT Miran's Case for Bigger Interest Rate Cuts Fails to Persuade Friday, October 10, 2025 4:47AM CDT Machinery Chatter Dan Miller Progressive Farmer Senior Editor Kubota Struggles With Tariffs While Adjusting Pricing, Financing Thursday, October 9, 2025 6:32AM CDT Newly appointed Kubota Tractor Corporation President Alex Woods said as Kubota struggles with tariffs, it has some evide... [Read Full Blog] AGCO Expands Alternative Fuel Capabilities for Its Agricultural Equipment Wednesday, October 1, 2025 11:13AM CDT Close Calls Teach Us to Practice Farm Safety Through the Year Saturday, September 27, 2025 10:57AM CDT Canadian Markets Cliff Jamieson Canadian Grains Analyst Record Domestic Use of Canola Should Be Cause for Celebration Thursday, October 16, 2025 11:08AM CDT Record canola domestic use not only diminishes the impact of slow exports caused by Chinese tariffs, but it is also the... [Read Full Blog] Gold's Reserve Currency Status Suggests Grains Are Grossly Undervalued Tuesday, October 7, 2025 10:54AM CDT Soybean Oil's Premium to Palm Oil May Not Be Enough to Discourage Exports Thursday, October 2, 2025 10:50AM CDT Editor’s Notebook Greg D. Horstmeier DTN Editor-in-Chief Ag Financing: Past, Present, Future Thursday, October 9, 2025 1:11PM CDT Discussing farm financing is difficult but necessary. Farmers often need supportive financing tools and programs to navi... [Read Full Blog] A Taste of Remembrance Thursday, October 2, 2025 2:32PM CDT A 160-Year Anniversary Thursday, October 2, 2025 7:43AM CDT

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	loading... CORN   Ramsey Grain Futures Month Futures Change Futures Price Basis Cash Price  Fall 2025  @C5Z 0'6 422'4s  January 2026  @C6H 1'0 436'4s  Feb 2026  @C6H 1'0 436'4s  March 2026  @C6H 1'0 436'4s SOYBEANS   Ramsey Grain Futures Month Futures Change Futures Price Basis Cash Price  Fall 2025  @S5X 8'6 1019'4s  January 2026  @S6F 8'2 1036'6s  Feb 2026  @S6H 7'0 1050'6s  March 2026  @S6H 7'0 1050'6s
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	@C - CORN - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 25 421'2 424'6 421'0 423'0 0'6 422'4s 03:54P Mar 26 435'4 438'6 435'0 436'6 1'0 436'4s 02:45P May 26 443'6 447'4 443'4 445'0 1'2 445'0s 03:21P Jul 26 449'4 453'4 449'4 451'4 1'2 450'6s 03:24P Sep 26 446'2 449'4 446'2 447'2 0'6 447'0s 01:30P Dec 26 457'2 460'0 456'6 457'6 0'2 457'4s 02:41P Mar 27 470'4 472'4 470'0 470'2 0'2 470'4s 01:28P @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Nov 25 1010'6 1021'4 1010'4 1021'0 8'6 1019'4s 03:54P Jan 26 1028'0 1038'4 1028'0 1037'6 8'2 1036'6s 02:39P Mar 26 1043'2 1053'0 1043'2 1051'6 7'0 1050'6s 03:23P May 26 1058'2 1067'2 1058'2 1066'0 6'6 1065'2s 03:53P Jul 26 1070'0 1078'6 1070'0 1077'4 6'4 1076'4s 03:25P Aug 26 1067'6 1075'2 1067'6 1074'2 6'0 1073'4s 02:44P Sep 26 1057'2 1062'0 1055'2 1061'4 5'6 1060'4s 01:20P Nov 26 1058'4 1066'0 1058'0 1065'0 6'2 1064'2s 01:30P @W - WHEAT - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 25 502'2 505'0 500'2 504'4 1'2 503'6s 02:30P Mar 26 518'4 521'6 516'6 520'6 1'4 520'2s 03:37P May 26 529'6 532'6 528'0 531'4 1'2 530'6s 01:30P Jul 26 541'0 543'4 539'2 542'2 1'0 541'4s 01:30P Sep 26 554'6 557'6 553'4 556'0 0'6 555'2s 01:30P @LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Oct 25 242.750 243.350 239.850 240.500 - 3.700 240.250s 01:05P Dec 25 244.375 246.475 241.400 242.000 - 6.050 241.825s 01:05P Feb 26 245.900 247.125 242.425 242.950 - 6.725 242.825s 01:05P My Custom Markets Symbol Open High Low Last Change Close Time More

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	Rochester, IL Chg Zip Code:  Temp: 67oF Feels Like: 67oF Humid: 76% Dew Pt: 59oF Barom: 29.77 Wind Dir: S Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 12 mph Sunrise: 7:12 Sunset: 6:14 As reported at Deans House, IL at 11:00 PM
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	Date Sat 10/18 Sun 10/19 Mon 10/20 Tue 10/21 Wed 10/22 Weather Condition Weather Thunder Storms Rain Clear Partly Cloudy Clear Temp L/H (°F) 59/75 46/61 41/71 46/61 38/63 Feels Like L/H (°F) 59/75 41/61 38/71 42/61 35/63 Dew Point (°F) 61 46 42 40 38 Humidity (%) 78 53 50 47 55 Wind Speed (mph) 8 14 13 14 5 Precip (%) 80 80 - - - Precip Amt (in.) Rain 1.76 Rain 0.39 None None None Evap (in./day) 0.08 0.13 0.17 0.15 0.09
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