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DTN (MyDTN) vs Farmbrite
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Capabilities
DTN (MyDTN) describes 4 of 10 capabilities (1 partial); Farmbrite describes 5 (1 partial). They differ on accounting, grain marketing, inputs, labor & staff, elevator / buyer connection. Both describe weather, mobile app.
| Capability | DTN (MyDTN) | Farmbrite |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | ? Unverified | ? Unverified |
| Accounting | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Grain marketing | ● Yes | ○ No |
| Field maps & agronomy | ◐ Partial | ◐ Partial |
| Inputs | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Labor & staff | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Weather | ● Yes | ● Yes |
| Equipment data | ○ No | ○ No |
| 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.
Farmbrite: General-purpose farm/ranch software spanning livestock and crops rather than a grain-farm tool. Accounting: expense tracking, receipt capture, invoicing, bank imports, margin analysis, and a stand-alone 'Farm Accounting Only' plan. Field maps: customizable farm maps and satellite imagery; crop planning 'seed-to-sale' but no agronomic modeling, no NDVI/yield-layer or prescription tools described. Inputs/inventory: real-time inventory and equipment maintenance schedules. Labor: team calendar, task scheduling, checklists, recurring tasks, team-member seats per plan. Weather: historic weather and climate trends. Integrations are via Zapier ('over 5,000 apps') and an API; no John Deere/FieldView or other machine-data integrations and no grain buyer or elevator connections listed. Also includes orders/e-commerce and point of sale. Mobile apps on Apple App Store and Google Play. No AI feature mentioned on the pages fetched.
Price, data and ownership
| DTN (MyDTN) | Farmbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | DTN, LLC (TBG AG (Switzerland-based private holding company of the Thyssen family); DTN entities sit under DTN Global Holdings B.V.) | Surestuff, LLC dba Farmbrite |
| Category | grain marketing | whole-farm management |
| What the AI does | Unverified — AI level not assessed. | Unverified — AI level not assessed. |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription |
| Published price | Not published | Crop Grower plans: Essentials $29/mo or $290/yr; Performance $39/mo or $390/yr; Premium $59/mo or $590/yr. Livestock plans: $29/$49/$79 per month ($290/$490/$790 per year). Complete (crops + livestock) plans: $59/$79/$109 per month ($590/$790/$1,090 per year). Farm Accounting Only: $119/year. Enterprise: custom pricing. 14-day free trial, no credit card required; promotional 25% off for sign-ups before Nov 30 (year not stated). Accessed 2026-10-25 at farmbrite.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.' | Farmbrite's Terms (updated 05/22/2024) define 'Your Data' as yours but grant Farmbrite a license to create anonymized 'Aggregate Data' and 'Analyses' to which 'Farmbrite shall have exclusive ownership rights'; its Privacy Policy (updated Oct 27, 2025) says 'Farmbrite may share your personal information with' service providers, advertising partners and others, and does not state a no-sale commitment for farm data. |
| 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. | Livestock (cattle, goats, sheep, poultry, pigs, horses, apiaries) and crops (market gardens, 'commodity growers', orchards/berries, flowers/herbs, indoor and specialty crops); customers in 'over 125 countries' |
| Farm size | Not published | Not published |
| Ownership | Private — private (subsidiary of TBG AG, a Swiss private holding company) | Private — private (vendor: 'completely self-funded and runs solely on its own profits', no outside investors) |
| 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) | Hygiene, Colorado (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 (Colorado); 'US based' support (vendor homepage) |
| Founded | 1984 | 2012 |
| 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. Founded by Ian and Janine Russell. Serves a broad small-to-mid farm and livestock market globally; corn/soybean/wheat 'commodity growers' are one listed segment but grain marketing and machine-data integrations are absent. |
| Confidence | partially verified | 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 Farmbrite. Request a correction.