Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Tuesday visited with Mead residents to tout the state's progress in working with six seed companies now running the former AltEn ethanol plant's cleanup, the AltEn Facility Response Group.

Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.105 million barrels per day (bpd) during the week ended Dec. 3.

New World screwworm, a deadly tissue-eating pest, is spreading through Mexico and moving toward the U.S. border. Officials are using surveillance and sterile flies to prevent outbreaks here.

Texas farmers filed an emergency motion to recover $1.4 million owed for grain deliveries by bankrupt Hansen-Mueller Co., citing special agricultural lien protections under bankruptcy code.

Federal prosecutors allege reality TV star Steve McBee fraudulently transferred business assets to his sons to avoid paying $4 million restitution for crop insurance fraud.

A WASDE report, the next Fed interest rate decision, and an announcement of the latest USDA farm aid payments are all on tap the week of Dec. 7.

Tyson's Lexington, Nebraska, beef plant closure affects numerous groups of people and could have a longer-term effect on cattle prices.