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DTN (MyDTN) vs Harvest Profit
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Capabilities
DTN (MyDTN) describes 4 of 10 capabilities (1 partial); Harvest Profit describes 3 (3 partial). They differ on ai assistant, accounting, inputs, weather, equipment data, elevator / buyer connection. Both describe grain marketing, mobile app.
| Capability | DTN (MyDTN) | Harvest Profit |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | ? Unverified | ○ No |
| Accounting | ○ No | ◐ Partial |
| Grain marketing | ● Yes | ● Yes |
| Field maps & agronomy | ◐ Partial | ◐ Partial |
| Inputs | ○ No | ◐ Partial |
| Labor & staff | ○ No | ○ No |
| Weather | ● Yes | ○ No |
| Equipment data | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Elevator / buyer connection | ● Yes | ○ No |
| Mobile app | ● Yes | ● Yes |
DTN (MyDTN): Grain marketing: MyDTN provides local cash-bid database, commodity/cash prices, price alerts and DTN analyst recommendations for futures and cash marketing; DTN Ag Marketplace (free iOS app) lets producers receive/confirm offers from buyers, track inventory, set target/break-even prices and view nearby bids; ProphetX adds 20-year cash-bid history, charting and futures data. Weather: hourly local forecasts and observations (vendor core strength). Agronomy: Wikipedia notes Adapt-N-based nitrogen tools in MyDTN; vendor producer page describes weather-timed spraying/irrigation/harvest only. Elevator/buyer integrations: DTN Grain Portal (web and mobile) and Grain Discovery (acquired 2025) are sold to grain buyers, who give growers branded apps for bids, offers and e-signed contracts; Grain Portal connects to FCMs for hedging. Mobile: MyDTN is mobile-responsive (no dedicated MyDTN app described); DTN Grain Portal Mobile and DTN Ag Marketplace are App Store apps; ProphetX has a mobile app.
Harvest Profit: Positioned as cost-and-profit tracking rather than general-ledger bookkeeping: real-time farm P&L, field-by-field cost of production and profitability, year-over-year comparison, equipment cost analysis (no bank sync, Schedule F or payroll described). Grain marketing: marketing plan builder with price/date target notifications, contract/hedge tracking, grain inventory management, auto-updating revenue from CBOT price data (live markets US and Canada only). Field maps: 'Profit Maps' and a Crop Planner with interactive map visualization; no imagery or agronomy. Inputs: input cost tracking referenced in testimonials only. Equipment: John Deere Operations Center integration and Agrimatics Libra CART (grain cart scale). No elevator/buyer, weather, labor or AI features described. Mobile app on Apple App Store and Google Play.
Price, data and ownership
| DTN (MyDTN) | Harvest Profit | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | DTN, LLC (TBG AG (Switzerland-based private holding company of the Thyssen family); DTN entities sit under DTN Global Holdings B.V.) | Harvest Profit, LLC (Deere & Company (John Deere) — 'Part of the John Deere family since 2020') |
| Category | grain marketing | accounting-financials |
| What the AI does | Unverified — AI level not assessed. | None |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription |
| Published price | Not published | Standard: $1,600 per year (30-day money-back guarantee); 'Hands On' tier: $5,000 USD (billing period not stated; includes pre-season, mid-season and post-harvest meetings and custom data entry); 14-day free trial, no credit card required; no acreage tiers listed. Accessed 2026-10-25 at harvestprofit.com/pricing. |
| Your data | DTN's privacy statement says it does not sell or rent personal data except for the categories listed in its California disclosure (identifiers, customer records, commercial information), which it states are sold to 'providers of products and services to farmers, purchasers of products from farmers, and general sales and marketing companies' - key phrase: 'We may also share your personal information by selling it as part of our Services.' | Harvest Profit's privacy link redirects to John Deere's privacy pages; Deere's Data Services & Subscriptions Statement (updated April 2026) is headed 'YOU CONTROL YOUR BUSINESS DATA' and says Deere 'may share in aggregate, statistical form, non-personal information with our partners, affiliates or advisors' and may share data with authorized dealers unless you restrict it; Harvest Profit's Terms (Aug 25, 2025) say 'Company and its affiliates and related entities may use data and other information relating to the provision, use and performance' of the Service and do not contain an explicit customer-ownership clause. |
| Crops and regions | US row-crop and livestock producers (grain cash bids, corn/soy/wheat markets; Progressive Farmer editorial); DTN also serves Canada and global agribusiness. | Crops not specified; available in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia ('4 countries') |
| Farm size | Not published | Not published |
| Ownership | Private — private (subsidiary of TBG AG, a Swiss private holding company) | Public company (subsidiary) — subsidiary of public (Deere & Company, NYSE: DE) |
| What else they sell | Farm software co. — farm-software-only company (DTN is a multi-industry data company serving agriculture, refined fuels, aviation, marine, utilities; not owned by an equipment, input, grain-buyer or retail firm) | Equipment maker — part of equipment maker |
| Headquarters | Bloomington, MN (US) | West Fargo, North Dakota (US) |
| Built and supported | Global company (1,200+ employees, customers in 126 countries, offices in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific); US ag editorial and support based in Minnesota; Grain Discovery team acquired from Canada | US-built (Fargo/West Fargo, ND team 'that lives, works, and plays in farm country'); support by email (support@harvestprofit.com) and scheduled calls; contracting entities for Canada and Australia/New Zealand are John Deere Canada ULC and John Deere Limited |
| Founded | 1984 | 2015 |
| Status | Active. MyDTN remains the producer-facing subscription; farmer-facing grain transaction tools are shifting toward the Grain Discovery grower portal (acquired 2025) within DTN Ag Hub, which DTN plans to integrate with Grain Intelligence during 2026. The DTN Grain Portal iOS app has not been updated since v1.0.1 (2022-02-08). Variants treated as one row: MyDTN, DTN Ag Marketplace, DTN Grain Portal/Grain Discovery, ProphetX. | Active, operating under its own brand and website as a John Deere company. Logo reads 'Farm Business Software By John Deere'. Core category recorded as accounting-financials (profit tracking) rather than whole-farm management because the vendor does not offer bookkeeping, labor, weather or agronomy modules. |
| Confidence | partially verified | partially verified |
| Last reviewed | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 |
Prices are quoted as shown on the vendor page on the review date and change often. Sources with access dates are on each product page: DTN (MyDTN) and Harvest Profit. Request a correction.