Todd Neeley

Farmers can expect to see another round of Market Facilitation Program payments in the mail before Thanksgiving.

Ohio's new "H2Ohio" program pulls environmental, conservation and farm groups together to solve the state's water-quality problems.

Two years after the avian influenza outbreak in the United States ended, China has reopened its borders to poultry imports from the U.S.

A lawsuit filed in May 2018 challenging EPA's granting of small-refinery exemptions was dismissed by a federal court.

There continues to be doubts about whether Congress will pass an extension of the biodiesel blenders tax credit.

Farmers across the Midwest continue to battle propane shortages at a time when it is needed to dry corn.

Most fertilizer prices continue their downward trend of the past few months.

While federal agencies continue to work on a rewrite of the waters of the United States rule, legal concerns remain about the future of the Clean Water Act.

A national cattle group continues to explore its legal options after USDA put the brakes on a proposal to require electronic tagging of animals in interstate commerce.

EPA got an earful from agriculture and biofuel groups on a proposal to account for small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers tracked by DTN declined compared to last month, except UAN32, which increased in price. It's the first increase in two months.

Biofuels industry representatives tell lawmakers small-refinery exemptions have harmed ethanol and biodiesel plants.

Biofuels and agriculture groups have filed a legal challenge to EPA's approval of 31 small-refinery exemptions in August.

Retail fertilizer prices continue to trend downward, led by DAP's $15-per-ton decline compared to last month.

A rise in ethanol prices in recent weeks has led to improved profit margins in DTN's hypothetical ethanol plant.

One day after EPA released a Renewable Fuel Standard proposal that disappointed agriculture and biofuels groups, Iowa industries called on President Donald Trump to make sure the biofuels deal is implemented.

USDA Deputy Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics Scott Hutchins told a House subcommittee Thursday he's confident USDA agencies can replace talent in Kansas City.

An EPA proposal to account for small-refinery exemptions in the Renewable Fuel Standard falls short by many hundreds of millions of gallons of biofuels.

The United States and China reached a partial trade agreement on Friday that provides tariff relief for the Chinese in exchange for the purchase of U.S. goods including agricultural commodities.

A new lawsuit alleges USDA is ignoring a 2013 animal identification rule in mandating that the use of radio frequency identification, or RFID, be used in interstate transport of livestock.

The state of California and chlorpyrifos manufacturers avoid years of administrative battle with an agreement to end the pesticide's use.

The Energy Information Administration expects ethanol production to average 1.03 million barrels per day (bpd) this year and in 2020, down 20,000 bod, or 1.9%, from 2018.

Two small refineries that had their requests for exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard denied have petitioned federal courts.

Farmers are on track to receive Syngenta corn settlement payments sometime in 2020, but the timing depends on pending appeals from farmers.

A group of farmers and biofuels plants officials say they need President Donald Trump to announce changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard that include reallocating gallons lost to small-refinery exemptions.

Despite slight improvement in ethanol margins, plants continue to look for ways to cut costs.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall has asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to reform the wetlands determination program at the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Blogger Jennifer Campbell learns the seven stages of grief can apply well to the current year in agriculture.

White House meeting on the Renewable Fuel Standard did not include farmer interest groups or farmer-owned ethanol plants.

President Donald Trump reportedly was ready this week to announce changes to the biofuels policy, but a deal apparently has not yet been reached.

Farmer-owned refinery has depended on small-refinery waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard to remain viable.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday ruled the EPA did not follow the Endangered Species Act when it finalized the 2018 renewable volume obligations to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The EPA faces yet another court challenge on its July decision to approve the insecticide sulfoxaflor.

A number of biofuel interest groups have filed public comments before EPA's deadline for its latest Renewable Fuel Standard volumes proposal.

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said the USDA will investigate for evidence of price manipulation in the cattle market in the weeks following a fire at a Tyson beef plant in Kansas.

Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers moved lower the third week of August 2019, now marking the second time in consecutive weeks that all prices have declined at the same time.

An interagency review provided a path to EPA for accounting for biofuel gallons lost to small-refinery waivers, but the agency didn't act on the suggestions, interagency review documents show.

The 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule this week suffered its second major defeat in federal court, this time in Georgia.

DTN Senior Meteorologist Bryce Anderson said the harvest forecast may be favorable for late-maturing crops in some regions.

The EPA finds itself back in court on the insecticide sulfoxaflor, after the Center for Food Safety petitioned a federal appeals court to review the agency's action.

Following the EPA's approval of 31 new small-refinery waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard, Sioux Falls, South Dakota,-based POET announces company-wide cuts in rare public announcement.