Todd Neeley

As the United States economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 shutdown, millions of Americans still face challenges to find nutritious food.

The National Grain and Feed Association says final CFTC rule on position limits will preserve hedging and risk management strategies.

A truck engine that can run on straight ethanol passed a key test on its way to commercialization.

Green Plains expresses concerns a court change of venue and combining case with others could harm its interests.

Omaha-based Green Plains Inc. announced on Tuesday the company has sold the remaining part of its cattle feeding business.

USDA proposal to require cattle in interstate commerce to be tagged with radio frequency identification, or RFID tags, draws support, criticism from industry.

The Namibian government has restricted the movement of hoofed animals from a region fighting a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

A new lawsuit filed in district court in Iowa claims Tyson Foods didn't take proper safety precautions to protect workers at its Columbus Junction, Iowa, plant and that led to the death of one employee.

Various states and industry groups have joined an appeal from the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation that challenges California's Proposition 12. The groups argue the law improperly regulates...

Ethanol profit margins fell at DTN's hypothetical Neeley Biofuels ethanol plant, as the price of corn has spiked.

The National Corn Growers Association's new president said he will continue to advocate for farmers on a number of fronts.

Decatur, Michigan, farmer Michael Stamp is scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 19, 2021, after pleading guilty to bank fraud and conspiracy to make false statements to the Federal Crop Insurance Corp.

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a case alleging the nation's largest meatpackers conspired to lower fed-cattle prices.

Growth Energy asked a federal court on Friday to direct EPA to reallocate biofuel gallons lost to small-refinery exemptions in 2018, adding them to the 2019 renewable volume obligations.

A federal court will consider motions for summary judgement in a lawsuit challenging a USDA rule that reduces the number of federal inspectors and eliminates maximum line speeds at swine processing plants.

Ethanol and agriculture groups say the Trump administration still has not fulfilled a number of promises made to the biofuels industry.

EPA on Tuesday took the first of a series of actions on the insecticide chlorpyrifos.

Two federal lawmakers expressed concerns about the recent direction of ad-hoc funding, in light of the COVID-19 economic shutdown.

EPA outlines a number of mitigation measures, mostly focused on turf applications, for atrazine and two other related herbicides.

USDA's deputy secretary announced his return to the American Soybean Association where he served as chief executive officer for 21 years.

Archer Daniels Midland filed a motion in federal court this week to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Green Plains Inc. that alleges ADM manipulated the ethanol market.

EPA on Monday announced it will deny all pending small-refinery exemption requests for 2011-2018 and will also continue work on E15 labels.

A federal appeals court is expected to consider an injunction to stop Dakota Access pipeline operations.

EPA on Monday announced it will deny 67 pending small-refinery exemption requests for 2011-2018 and will also continue work on E15 labels.

The EPA has been sued for its handling of the total maximum daily load, or TMDL, program for the Chesapeake Bay.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, has cited a Smithfield packing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for an alleged safety violation related to COVID-19.

The Trump administration reportedly is set to reject 67 pending requests for retroactive small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said on Friday an announcement is expected early next week resolving Brazil's tariff on ethanol imports from the United States.

Briefs filed in a federal lawsuit debate the merits of proposed compensation to farmers hurt by repeated Missouri River Basin floods.

With drought conditions expanding in Iowa, farmers face growing problems with maintaining grain quality.

Farmers across the country may be seeing a second round of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments sometime after Labor Day, made possible with additional funds directed to the Commodity Credit Corp. on July 1.

The EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have asked a federal court to throw out a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's Navigable Water Protection Rule.

With just two months until the next presidential election, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said Wednesday the agency continues to work on pending issues with the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Agriculture and biofuel interest groups continue to fight for E15 in federal appeals court.

As President Donald Trump tours storm damage in Iowa on Tuesday, Iowa agriculture and biofuels groups are asking him to make changes to how the EPA manages the Renewable Fuel Standard.

A new survey shows farmers report input cost savings and other benefits from planting cover crops in 2019.

While a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives is pushing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, to take additional action on ammonium nitrate storage, a fertilizer official says recent action taken has...

President Donald Trump approved Iowa's request for a presidential major disaster declaration, opening the door for federal assistance in the recovery efforts.

DTN's hypothetical ethanol plant continues to show improving economics for the industry.

Farmers in northern Illinois counties suffered the brunt of Monday's derecho, as millions of crop acres were in the path of the storm.

Iowa farmers are left scrambling to plan for harvest of damaged crop after a derecho battered fields and destroyed storage capacity earlier this week.

Agriculture officials in Iowa continue to assess the damage to crops and farm infrastructure following a storm that left a wide swath of damage across central and east-central parts of the state.

The Army Corps of Engineers is considering several options for the Dakota Access pipeline while the pipeline owner appeals a recent court decision to vacate a permit.

The ethanol industry continues to struggle as it waits for the EPA to render a decision on small-refinery exemptions and for Congress to provide financial aid.

A federal appeals court has ruled the Dakota Access pipeline can remain open pending further court proceedings.

Reports from the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City show American farmers are facing increasing financial pressure.

A new bill would broadly reform the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or FIFRA, for the first time in 25 years.

Two non-profit groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate labor claims made by Tyson Foods Inc.

The Center for Food Safety has filed a lawsuit against USDA, alleging the food-labeling rule discriminates against consumers.

One biofuels industry official said a new COVID-19 relief package needs to have explicit support for biofuels producers.

A new lawsuit is challenging the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service's waiver program for poultry plant line speeds.

A U.S. Federal Claims Court trial underway will determine how much Missouri River basin farmers might receive in compensation for years of flooding.

Loss in hog slaughter capacity, because of the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and changes at the plants, is making life hard on thousands of producers, many who may be staring bankruptcy in the face.