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11/11/2025 | 6:20 am CST

Funding Bill Passes Senate to Reopen the Government and Extend Farm Bill Programs

OMAHA (DTN) — The U.S. Senate broke a 41-day long stalemate on Monday evening by passing a funding bill to end the longest partial government...

By Chris Clayton

11/10/2025 | 11:57 am CST

Senate Bill to Reopen Government Would Extend Farm Bill Programs

OMAHA (DTN) — A U.S. Senate vote on Sunday advanced the possibility the government shutdown could end. But the Senate still needs to pass the...

By Chris Clayton

11/10/2025 | 8:44 am CST

US Manufacturers and Soybean Farmers Are in the Same Boat

American soybean farmers aren’t alone in their dangerous overdependence on China. In a different way, so are many American manufacturers.

By Urban C. Lehner

11/07/2025 | 3:21 pm CST

Trade and Aid: China Sees Soybean Deals; Farmers Wait for USDA’s Next Move on Aid

OMAHA (DTN) — With farmers facing projected financial losses in the crop sector, economists and analysts are both waiting for signals about new soybean sales...

By Chris Clayton

11/07/2025 | 11:56 am CST

EPA Grants 14 Small-Refinery Exemptions From RFS, Biofuel Industry Group Warns of Market Pressure

LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) — The Trump administration granted two full small-refinery exemptions, 50% exemptions on 12 petitions and denied two other petitions for compliance years...

By Todd Neeley

11/05/2025 | 1:32 pm CST

Federal Appeals Court Orders USDA to Rewrite GMO Food Labeling Rules

LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) — USDA will be required to rewrite significant parts of a 2018 genetically engineered foods labeling rule after a federal appeals court...

By Todd Neeley

11/04/2025 | 5:26 pm CST

Farmers, Others Challenge Tariffs as Supreme Court Hears Test to Trump’s Authority

OMAHA (DTN) — Farmers and others are staking out their positions as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares on Wednesday to hear arguments over President Donald...

By Chris Clayton

11/04/2025 | 10:45 am CST

ADM CEO: Commodity Prices Depend on China Trade, Clarity on Biofuel Policies

OMAHA (DTN) — While lowering Archer Daniels Midland’s outlook for the rest of the year, ADM’s president and CEO said on Tuesday that the biggest...

By Chris Clayton

11/03/2025 | 9:40 am CST

A Battlefield Report From the US-China Trade War

China is buying American soybeans again, much to bean growers’ relief. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China has agreed to buy 918 million bushels in...

By Urban C. Lehner

10/31/2025 | 3:04 pm CDT

Revenue Protection Crop Insurance Sticks With Spring Guarantees: $4.70 for Corn, $10.54 for Soybeans

OMAHA (DTN) — The harvest price for crop insurance fails to offer higher safety net protection than the spring price, with the average for December...

By Chris Clayton

What DTN is Watching

4/15/2026 | 5:40 AM CDT

Markets

The Energy Information Administration will release their weekly Petroleum Status report on Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. CDT. Later in the afternoon at 2 p.m. CDT, USDA will release their monthly Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook. Traders continue to keep an eye out for new developments in the war in the Middle East.

Weather

Widespread showers and thunderstorms continue across the Central U.S. on Wednesday as yet another system moves through. Though the risks for severe weather are not as great as earlier in the week, pockets of stronger thunderstorms continue to look likely from central Texas up through the Midwest, especially Wednesday afternoon and evening again. Areas of heavy rain may produce more flooding for areas that are consistently hit by thunderstorms, especially in the Great Lakes.

DTN Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
	TODAY	- LAST YEAR
as of:	4/15/26	4/15/25
BENCHMARKS
Prime Rate	6.75	8.25
30-Day Libor		5.19
1-Year Libor		5.91
10-Yr. Treasury	4.27	3.73
CCC Loan Rate	4.625	5.750

Ag Policy

Funding Bill Passes Senate to Reopen the Government and Extend Farm Bill Programs

Senate Bill to Reopen Government Would Extend Farm Bill Programs

US Manufacturers and Soybean Farmers Are in the Same Boat

Trade and Aid: China Sees Soybean Deals; Farmers Wait for USDA’s Next Move on Aid

EPA Grants 14 Small-Refinery Exemptions From RFS, Biofuel Industry Group Warns of Market Pressure

Federal Appeals Court Orders USDA to Rewrite GMO Food Labeling Rules

Farmers, Others Challenge Tariffs as Supreme Court Hears Test to Trump’s Authority

ADM CEO: Commodity Prices Depend on China Trade, Clarity on Biofuel Policies

A Battlefield Report From the US-China Trade War

Revenue Protection Crop Insurance Sticks With Spring Guarantees: $4.70 for Corn, $10.54 for Soybeans

Weather

What DTN is Watching

Markets

Weather

Farm Credit Rates

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