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A congressional deadline for year-round E15 legislation passed without action, as biofuels industry leaders at the National Ethanol Conference urged lawmakers to quickly complete a bill.

Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.113 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended Feb. 20.

We'll cover major ag industry conventions and look for responses to the Supreme Court 6-3 decision that the president doesn't have authority to set sweeping tariffs against trade partners.

President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out after the Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 decision against using an emergency trade act. Trump doubled down on his push for tariffs, saying he would invoke more tariffs under a different law. Trump also...

Recent Sales Results From Waupaca County, Wisconsin; Buffalo County, Nebraska; Aurora County, South Dakota; and Webster County, Iowa

Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.118 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended Feb. 13.

U.S. agriculture lost 15,000 farms in 2025, continuing a seven-year consolidation trend. Only operations exceeding $1 million in sales grew.

Smithfield Foods will invest up to $1.3 billion to build a new 1.1 million square-foot meat processing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, replacing their century-old plant. Construction begins in early 2027, with...

A short market week and the USDA Ag Outlook forum are some of the major events we'll be tracking the week of Feb. 15.

Cargill will close its Milwaukee ground beef plant by the end of May 2026, cutting 221 jobs amid a companywide 5% workforce reduction.

Five Agridime executives face federal charges for allegedly defrauding 2,200 investors of $220 million through false cattle purchase contracts in a nationwide Ponzi scheme.

Midwest agriculture bankers expect agricultural credit conditions to worsen in 2026 despite rising farmland values, lower interest rates, and government support offsetting increased loan repayment problems.

Recent Sales Results From Pottawattamie County, Iowa; Pipestone County, Minnesota; Clark County, Missouri; and Walla Walla and Columbia Counties, Washington

Tyson Foods and Cargill settled with Oklahoma for more than $25 million to reduce poultry litter pollution in the Illinois River watershed.

Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.11 million barrels per day in the week ended Feb. 6.

Reality television star Steve McBee and sons are seeking dismissal of federal lawsuit alleging fraudulent asset transfers were made during a crop insurance fraud investigation.

The U.S. opened a sterile fly dispersal facility in Texas to combat New World screwworm (NWS) spreading from Mexico, capable of releasing 100 million sterile flies weekly. Three preventative drugs received FDA...

Iowa requests federal court permission to use Hansen-Mueller's $500,000 surety bond to compensate farmers for unpaid grain deliveries following the company's bankruptcy filing.