Todd Neeley

As drought continues to expand in Minnesota, the state this week warned irrigators and other surface water users about the possibility of water-use restrictions coming.

A new Texas A&M University analysis finds representative farms and ranches would see their tax burden rise if proposed changes are made to the tax code.

The IRS raided Zeeland, Michigan-based Boersen Farms last week in connection to ongoing financial troubles at the farm.

Six seed companies at the center of the cleanup at a contaminated ethanol plant in Mead, Nebraska, have applied to that state's regulators to take part in a voluntary clean-up program that...

A new report from CoBank said it is likely rural Americans will accelerate their adoption of electric-vehicle technology.

TC Energy Corp. announced the official cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline project Wednesday.

The EPA asked a federal court to remand the Trump administration's Navigable Waters Protection Rule, citing environmental degradation.

The National Corn Growers Association set a number of sustainability goals for the industry in a report released on Monday.

The North American Meat Institute continues to fight to convince the Supreme Court to consider a legal challenge to California's Proposition 12.

Following a cyberattack on JBS USA Holdings Inc. during the Memorial Day weekend, the company reopened its plants.

The Biden administration is set to reverse changes to the Endangered Species Act made by the Trump administration. Those changes were largely supported by agriculture groups and opposed by environmental groups.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Poet LLC acquired all of the biofuels assets of Flint Hills Resources based in Wichita, Kansas. Poet did not disclose financial details of the transaction.

Following a cyberattack on JBS USA Holdings Inc. during the holiday weekend, the company said most of its plants are expected to come back online Wednesday.

Seed companies lost their fight to keep a Nebraska feedlot from being sold as part of their effort to involve the operation in an ongoing cleanup of the pesticide-contaminated AltEn ethanol plant.

The Corps of Engineers asked a federal court to rule in the government's favor in a lawsuit challenging the management of a stretch of the Mississippi River.

The Biden administration has reversed course from the previous administration, announcing this week the lesser prairie chicken will be listed as endangered.

A Purdue University study finds the number of incidents involving confined spaces in agriculture dropped in 2020, including a drop in the number of grain entrapments.

A federal judge in California rejected Bayer's proposed Roundup settlement out of concern for future cancer cases.

The South Carolina Coastal Conservation League motioned a federal court to vacate the Trump administration Navigable Waters Protection Act. However, ag groups support the current rule because, in their view, it simplified...

Plaintiffs in several combined federal lawsuits alleging Archer Daniels Midland manipulated ethanol markets filed a court motion to compel the company to provide information.

The Dakota Access pipeline will stay open during an environmental review being conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

A federal court is considering a motion to grant preliminary approval of a $2 billion Bayer settlement on Roundup cancer cases.

The village of Mead, Nebraska, continues to look for information about the environmental cleanup of an ethanol plant that produced fuel using treated seed corn.

An Iowa farmer is the latest producer to sue Syngenta and Chevron USA over paraquat exposure.

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday the EPA didn't take into consideration a previous ruling on the small-refinery exemptions program when granting three exemptions in January.

Seven of the eight major fertilizer retail prices tracked by DTN showed increases for the second week of May.

Attorneys for Missouri River basin farmers and the federal government have started the appeals process following a federal court's ruling in a flooding case.

A Montana man who pleaded guilty to a cattle-rustling scheme was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America, after USDA dropped a proposal to require radio frequency identification tags...

A once-promising cellulosic ethanol plant site in Hugoton, Kansas, is getting a new life from a company building a renewable diesel plant at the location.

Convenience store retailers in Iowa oppose a bill to mandate E15 sales at all stations, pointing to exorbitant infrastructure costs to comply.

The Colonial Pipeline has restarted operations after a cyberattack took down the 5,100-mile pipeline at the end of last week.

Though the Colonial Pipeline is expected to return to full operation soon, there are concerns about how long the fuel supply disruption could last.

Archer Daniels Midland on Monday announced plans to build the first soybean-crushing facility in North Dakota, capable of crushing 150,000 bushels per day.

Minor County, South Dakota, farmer Arlen Foster filed a lawsuit challenging USDA's Swampbuster Act.

As the federal government focuses on expanding COVID-19 vaccinations in rural areas, attitudes of rural dwellers appear to be shifting.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told a federal court the Dakota Access pipeline should remain open pending an environmental review that could last until March 2022.

During the same week the EPA presented oral arguments to the Supreme Court in a small-refinery exemptions case, the agency asked a federal appeals court to vacate three exemptions granted by the Trump administration.

Climate panelists say while there is a lot of work to complete, pieces of federal legislation recently introduced could provide economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers.

Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments from all sides in a case challenging a lower court's decision on the small-refinery exemptions program in the Renewable Fuel Standard.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told a group of agriculture reporters on Monday, the new EPA Administrator Michael Regan understands importance of biofuels.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan told a House subcommittee the agency will not revert back to the 2015 water rule.

Tribes told a federal court that closing the Dakota Access pipeline would be harmful to their oil business, as the company continues to fight in federal courts.

Ethanol and agriculture industry groups pressed EPA this week to either eliminate E15 pump labels or make them less confusing to consumers.

As the legal fight plays out in federal appeals court on California's Proposition 12, hog producers across the country wait for the state to issue compliance rules.

A three-judge panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit entertained oral arguments in a case believed by hog industry officials to have far-reaching effects.

Ethanol producers in Indiana have called on Gov. Eric Holcomb to veto a bill that would require a warning label on E15 pumps in the state.

Washington rancher Cody Easterday faces up to 20 years in prison and $244 million in restitution after pleading guilty to operating a cattle scam defrauding Tyson Foods and another unnamed company.

Eight states told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard reduced the mandate by an average of 7% each year, causing more than $2 billion in lost demand for renewable fuel...

Twenty states joined forces with the American Meat Institute this week on one case challenging California's Proposition 12. The law that takes effect Jan. 1, 2022, requires hog producers to abide by certain regulations to sell pork...

Farmers say they need more tools to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions from soil, to improve agriculture's carbon footprint.

Ethanol and agriculture industry leaders say they will need to make the case for corn ethanol as an advanced biofuel ahead of 2022 Renewable Fuel Standard reset.

The EPA and several agriculture and biofuel groups filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing against refiners in small-refinery exemptions case.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan reiterated the Biden administration's support for biofuels, during an agriculture summit.

The ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee said farmers need a seat at the table in climate policy development.