What it does
- ?AI assistant — Unverified
- ○Accounting — No
- ●Grain marketing — Yes
- ◐Field maps & agronomy — Partial
- ○Inputs — No
- ○Labor & staff — No
- ●Weather — Yes
- ○Equipment data — No
- ●Elevator / buyer connection — Yes
- ●Mobile app — Yes
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.
| What the AI does | Unverified — AI level not assessed. |
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| 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. |
| Farm size | not published |
What it costs
| Pricing model | Subscription — flat subscription for MyDTN and ProphetX (contact sales; free 7-day MyDTN trial); DTN Ag Marketplace app is free to producers; Grain Portal / Grain Discovery grower apps are paid by elevator-retailer |
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| Published price | not published (MyDTN and ProphetX pages offer trial/demo and 'contact DTN'; ProphetX page notes exchange fees may include a DTN administration charge; DTN Ag Marketplace described as a 'free, independent mobile app'; accessed 2026-10-25) |
Quoted as shown on the vendor's page on the access date. Promotional prices are noted separately from list where the vendor showed both. Prices change; verify with the vendor.
Your data
| Who owns it, who sees it | 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.' |
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| Can you leave with it? | ? Data export and deletion terms not yet researched; scheduled for the next review. |
The first line is our paraphrase of the vendor's policy; the linked document in Sources is what governs.
Who is behind it
| Company | DTN, LLC — parent: TBG AG (Switzerland-based private holding company of the Thyssen family); DTN entities sit under DTN Global Holdings B.V. |
|---|---|
| Ownership | Private — private (subsidiary of TBG AG, a Swiss private holding company) |
| What else they sell | 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) |
| Headquarters | Bloomington, MN (US) — Bloomington, MN, USA (DTN, LLC, 2131 Lindau Lane, Suite 700, Bloomington, MN 55425 per privacy statement; 24/7 weather operations in Minneapolis, Utrecht, Sydney, Manila) |
| 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 | 1984 |
| Funding and acquisitions | Founded 1984 in Omaha, NE as Scoular Information Services (renamed Data Transmission Network 1987). Acquired by Telvent for $445M (2008); Telvent acquired by Schneider Electric (2011); sold by Schneider Electric to TBG AG for US$900M (announced 2017-04-03). Acquisitions include The Progressive Farmer (2007), ClearAg/ClearPath (2020), Farm Market iD (2021), Grain Discovery (announced 2025-07-30, terms undisclosed). Launched DTN Ag Hub (Grain Intelligence, Farm Intelligence, Grain Discovery) in early 2026. |
| 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. |
Sources
Accessed on the dates shown. Product features, acquisitions (Grain Discovery), privacy terms and TBG ownership are from vendor pages, a law-firm deal announcement and trade press. Founding year and pre-2017 ownership history rely on Wikipedia. No MyDTN or ProphetX prices are published. AI-assistant capability not described on pages fetched.
- MyDTN for Producers - DTN (accessed 2026-10-25; supports cap_weather, cap_grain_marketing, alerts, mobile-responsive, pricing (contact/ROI calculator))
- Sign Up for a Free 7 Day Trial of MyDTN (accessed 2026-10-25; supports pricing_model (free 7-day trial), features)
- MyDTN - DTN (agribusiness/livestock page) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports features, no published pricing)
- DTN ProphetX (accessed 2026-10-25; supports ProphetX features, mobile app, pricing (demo/contact), exchange fee note)
- DTN Ag Marketplace - free producer app (accessed 2026-10-25; supports cap_grain_marketing, cap_mobile_app, free pricing)
- DTN Grain Portal - Grain Trading (accessed 2026-10-25; supports cap_elevator_buyer_integrations, FCM connectivity, pricing (demo))
- DTN Grain Portal on the App Store (accessed 2026-10-25; supports cap_mobile_app, status_notes (last update 2022-02-08), developer DTN, LLC)
- Grain Discovery - DTN (accessed 2026-10-25; supports cap_elevator_buyer_integrations (branded grower portal, e-sign contracts))
- DTN Acquires Grain Discovery (2025-07-30) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports funding_acquisitions, status_notes (Ag Hub))
- DTN launches Ag Hub (Fertilizer Daily, 2026-02-12) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports status_notes (Ag Hub components, 2026 integration plan))
- DTN Privacy Statement (accessed 2026-10-25; supports data_policy_one_line, hq address, parent (DTN Global Holdings B.V.))
- DTN Company Profile (accessed 2026-10-25; supports built_supported (1,200+ employees, 126 countries, office locations))
- Clifford Chance advises TBG on its acquisition of Telvent DTN (2017-04-04) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports parent_company, ownership, funding_acquisitions (US$900M, TBG AG Switzerland))
- DTN (company) - Wikipedia (accessed 2026-10-25; supports founded_year, ownership history (Telvent 2008, Schneider 2011), acquisitions list, Adapt-N - secondary source)
Change log
- Initial listing from Phase 1 research.
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