Todd Neeley

Ethanol and oil interests work to influence the Biden administration on the upcoming release of Renewable Fuel Standard volume proposals.

A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a petition for a rehearing on its ruling that could end year-round sales of E15.

Three months after USDA made an announcement to provide $700 million in COVID-19 economic relief to biofuels producers, the secretary of agriculture said the aid is still is on the way.

The Nebraska Corn Board leads a handful of state corn checkoffs in investing $1.25 million to expand E85 availability in California.

A coalition of agriculture and biofuels groups have asked a federal court to set deadlines for EPA and to vacate 31 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2018.

A number of agriculture groups have asked the EPA for an extension of a recently closed public-comment period, during which the agency asked for input on a rewrite of waters of the United States definitions.

A federal appeals court will allow the Animal Legal Defense Fund to sue Hormel following an undercover investigation at a hog facility in Nebraska.

BP and Chevron announced plans to partner with agriculture companies to expand renewable fuels businesses.

The EPA is asking a federal court to allow the agency to review its decision to grant 31 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard for the 2018 compliance year.

A federal court in Arizona is the first to vacate the Trump Navigable Waters Protection Rule, as the Biden administration continues to rewrite definitions for waters of the U.S.

With potential fuel shortages following Hurricane Ida, the Renewable Fuels Association asked EPA to clear the way for more ethanol to be sold in regions hit by the storm.

A project to divert water from the Missouri River to help drought-stricken communities in North Dakota is allowed to move forward after a federal court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Missouri.

The EPA on Thursday sent a Renewable Fuel Standard volumes proposal to the Office of Management and Budget, launching an official rulemaking process.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is expanding its efforts to slow the spread of African swine fever by setting up a foreign animal disease protection zone in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A federal appeals court is being asked to make a 2016 EPA document part of the official record in an ongoing lawsuit showing agency officials had concerns about a potential cancer link to glyphosate.

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois ruled Green Plains Trade Group Inc. did not have standing in a lawsuit against Archer Daniels Midland, while the court ruled ADM's actions did not constitute antitrust injury...

A strong farm economy and historically low interest rates in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City District led to a 10% increase in farm real estate values from a year ago -- the largest increase since 2013.

Biofuels and agriculture groups asked for a rehearing of a federal appeals court's ruling that will disallow year-round sales of E15 if allowed to stand.

A ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit keeps Iowa's 2012 ag-gag law alive, as animal rights groups now challenge new laws.

A ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit keeps Iowa's 2012 ag-gag law alive, as animal rights group now challenge new laws.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said the Biden administration and members of Congress need to address the current flow of immigrants across the southern U.S. border.

Though African swine fever has not spread from the Dominican Republic to pigs in the U.S., USDA and other federal agencies are intensifying efforts to keep it that way.

The EPA announced plans to hold a number of public hearings ahead of a rewrite of the waters of the United States definitions.

A grand jury in Denver handed down an indictment of Koch Foods Inc. and four executives from Pilgrim's Pride Corp. in an ongoing antitrust investigation into an alleged chicken broiler price-fixing conspiracy.

The head of Bayer AG told investors on Thursday the company will appeal a Roundup non-Hodgkin's lymphoma case to the Supreme Court as part of a new strategy.

Federal lawmakers on Wednesday investigated price disparities and other issues in the cattle market during two separate congressional hearings.

The corn crop in Pennsylvania recorded the highest good-to-excellent rating of any state at 88%, while three other states recorded the second-highest ratings at 82%.

The claims administrator for the Syngenta seed corn settlement told DTN thousands of claims have yet to be paid. Claimants are asked to check their web portal accounts on the seed settlement website.

Agriculture's labor shortage took center stage during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, as farmers and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack testified.

The Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned a federal appeals court to overturn EPA's registration of a new herbicide.

A hearing on a motion for a temporary restraining order against Rabo AgriFinance LLC filed by Easterday Ranches Inc. has been continued until Aug. 25. Rabo AgriFinance is trying to collect nearly $1.1 million owed it by Easterday.

With commodity prices on the rise, producers should be looking for ways to invest in ag data technologies, the leader of the National Corn Growers Association said on Thursday.

The National Pork Producers Council asks for delay in implementation of Proposition 12 in California, citing a number of concerns with the law.

USDA announces it will provide payments to farmers who were forced to depopulate livestock during the COVID-19 economic shutdown last year.

The South Carolina Coastal Conservation League expressed opposition to EPA's request from a court to remand the Navigable Waters Protection Rule to the agency for a rewrite.

A new study published in the latest Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences points to fluvial wetlands as most effective in reducing nitrate and sediment loads in water.

A federal court has set an Aug. 24 hearing in a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, alleging mismanagement of a 195-mile stretch of the Mississippi River.

After a federal appeals court struck down an EPA rule allowing year-round sales of E15, the ethanol industry faces a number of challenges to bringing it back.

The state of Ohio announced the expansion of a program designed to reduce nutrients runoff from agriculture into Lake Erie.

The state of Ohio announced the expansion of a program designed to reduce nutrients runoff from agriculture into Lake Erie.

A scheduled hearing on Easterday Ranch's motion for an injunction against Rabo AgriFinance LLC, was delayed to July 21. Easterday requested an injunction to prevent the banker from standing in the way of the $209 million sale of...

A federal appeals court on Friday vacated a rule that allowed year-round sales of E15.

Idaho property owners Mike and Chantell Sackett are fighting to keep the EPA from regulating isolated wetlands, as the Biden administration moves to rewrite the Trump Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

Easterday Ranches Inc. has asked a federal bankruptcy court to issue an injunction to prevent Rabo AgriFinance LLC from collecting on more than $1 million owed by the southeast Washington ranch.

A policy group says changes need to be made to the Federal Crop Insurance Program to foster wider adoption of conservation practices on the farm.

Ethanol and agriculture industry representatives said they believe last week's Supreme Court ruling on small-refinery exemptions doesn't mean the EPA will return to granting a large number of exemptions.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review just two cases, and the North American Meat Institute's challenge to California's Proposition 12 was not one of them.

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with the refining industry, ruling a federal appeals court got it wrong in January 2020 when it ruled small refineries that had not received continuous exemptions could not receive extensions.

An alliance of California businesses said Proposition 12 implementation on Jan. 1, 2022, will cause pork supply shortages and hurt consumers.

Farmland Reserve was announced as the highest bidder on the farm and ranch assets of Mesa, Washington, rancher Cody Easterday. Easterday pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a ghost-cattle scam.

Food and Water Watch sued Smithfield Foods Inc. this week, alleging the company misled consumers about COVID-19 worker safety at processing plants and meat supply concerns.

A federal judge dismissed an ongoing lawsuit challenging the Dakota Access pipeline, but left open the possibility an ongoing environmental review could be challenged.