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DTN (MyDTN) vs Taranis
Both rows from the comparison table, set side by side. Nothing here is a recommendation; the facts are the vendors' own public statements, cited on each product page.
Capabilities
DTN (MyDTN) describes 4 of 10 capabilities (1 partial); Taranis describes 4 (1 partial). They differ on ai assistant, grain marketing, field maps & agronomy, inputs, equipment data, elevator / buyer connection. Both describe weather, mobile app.
| Capability | DTN (MyDTN) | Taranis |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | ? Unverified | ● Yes |
| Accounting | ○ No | ○ No |
| Grain marketing | ● Yes | ○ No |
| Field maps & agronomy | ◐ Partial | ● Yes |
| Inputs | ○ No | ◐ Partial |
| Labor & staff | ○ No | ○ No |
| Weather | ● Yes | ● Yes |
| Equipment data | ○ No | ? Unverified |
| 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.
Taranis: Taranis flies drone 'missions' (service plans of 4-6 missions/season) producing leaf-level detections of stand count, weeds, insects, disease and nutrient deficiency; broadacre satellite monitoring with weather/precipitation layers. Ag Assistant is a generative-AI tool producing zone-level agronomy recommendations and season summaries. Yield Impact (May 2026) estimates bu/ac yield loss per detected threat on enrolled corn acres. Input relevance is via recommendations sold alongside retailers' crop-protection portfolios (Syngenta partnership), not an input marketplace. iOS/Android app plus web dashboard.
Price, data and ownership
| DTN (MyDTN) | Taranis | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | DTN, LLC (TBG AG (Switzerland-based private holding company of the Thyssen family); DTN entities sit under DTN Global Holdings B.V.) | Taranis |
| Category | grain marketing | field maps-agronomy |
| What the AI does | Unverified — AI level not assessed. | Acts on your records — Ag Assistant generates zone-level recommendations from the farm's own Taranis imagery; sold through advisors. |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Paid by elevator / retailer |
| Published price | Not published | Not published |
| 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.' | Taranis grower page says customer data is protected by a 'multi-tiered security model'; a privacy/data-ownership policy was not retrievable this session, so ownership and sharing terms are not published here. |
| 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. | Corn and soybeans, US Midwest focus; Yield Impact corn-only for 2026 with soybeans planned 2027 |
| Farm size | Not published | Not published |
| Ownership | Private — private (subsidiary of TBG AG, a Swiss private holding company) | Private, investor-backed — VC-backed private |
| 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) | Farm software co. — farm-software-only company |
| Headquarters | Bloomington, MN (US) | Westfield/Carmel, IN (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 | Founded in Israel (R&D in Tel Aviv); US HQ and sales in Indiana; full-service drone data capture in US Midwest |
| 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. Go-to-market is retailer/advisor-first: vendor says it sells 'through agricultural retailers and advisors' with 100+ retail/advisor partners, and grower page directs farmers to 'FIND YOUR ADVISOR'; no direct-to-farmer purchase path or price is published, so a US farmer typically accesses Taranis via a participating retailer. |
| Confidence | partially verified | partially verified |
| Last reviewed | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 |
Sources with access dates are on each product page: DTN (MyDTN) and Taranis. Request a correction.