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DTN (MyDTN) vs John Deere Operations Center
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); John Deere Operations Center describes 3 (2 partial). They differ on ai assistant, grain marketing, field maps & agronomy, labor & staff, weather, equipment data, elevator / buyer connection. Both describe mobile app.
| Capability | DTN (MyDTN) | John Deere Operations Center |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | ? Unverified | ◐ Partial |
| Accounting | ○ No | ○ No |
| Grain marketing | ● Yes | ○ No |
| Field maps & agronomy | ◐ Partial | ● Yes |
| Inputs | ○ No | ○ No |
| Labor & staff | ○ No | ◐ Partial |
| Weather | ● Yes | ? Unverified |
| Equipment data | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Elevator / buyer connection | ● Yes | ? Unverified |
| 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.
John Deere Operations Center: Connects field, machine and operator data (tillage, seeding, spraying, harvest) from JDLink-connected Deere machines; non-Deere or unconnected machines can be added and the platform is described as usable 'regardless of type, size, or brand'. 'JD' AI assistant answers natural-language questions over the farm's own Operations Center data; in a limited US Early Access Program as of Sept 2026, broader rollout planned later in 2026, included at no extra charge; a separate 'Help AI' for equipment setup launched Aug 2025. Operator/labor is partial (operator performance comparisons, access permissions, not payroll). Third-party 'Connections' let farmers grant access to connected software companies and advisors (e.g., Ag Leader AgFiniti and PTx FarmENGAGE list Operations Center connections). Mobile: Operations Center Mobile and Equipment Mobile apps (iOS/Android).
Price, data and ownership
| DTN (MyDTN) | John Deere Operations Center | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | DTN, LLC (TBG AG (Switzerland-based private holding company of the Thyssen family); DTN entities sit under DTN Global Holdings B.V.) | Deere & Company |
| Category | grain marketing | equipment-machine data |
| What the AI does | Unverified — AI level not assessed. | Acts on your records — 'JD' assistant answers questions over the farm's own Operations Center data; limited US Early Access as of Sept 2026. |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Free |
| Published price | Not published | Free account; 'Access to Operations Center is free and JDLink Connectivity is available at no cost' (Deere dealer RDO Equipment, 2025-01-15; confirmed by The Robot Report 2026-09-01 and Western Producer 2026-09-30). Premium services (e.g., Operations Center PRO Service) carry paid licenses; amounts not published on pages accessed 2026-10-25. |
| 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.' | Deere's data principles page states farm data 'belongs to you', that 'You control your farm data', that Deere does not sell farm data, and that farmers choose which third parties receive data and can stop that flow at any time; Deere uses farm data and aggregated, anonymized data to provide insights. John Deere Operations Center is listed as Ag Data Transparent certified. |
| 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. | Crop-agnostic machine/field data platform; offered in North America and globally (US, Canada, Europe, etc.) |
| Farm size | Not published | Not published |
| Ownership | Private — private (subsidiary of TBG AG, a Swiss private holding company) | Public company — public |
| 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) | Moline, Illinois (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-headquartered equipment maker; Operations Center offered globally, US dealer-network support |
| Founded | 1984 | 1837 |
| 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. 'JD' AI assistant announced ~Sept 1, 2026 (Early Access, US). Deere.com product/FAQ/data pages are JavaScript-rendered and could not be fetched directly; the Canadian mirror of the data principles page was readable. |
| 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 John Deere Operations Center. Request a correction.