Todd Neeley

The state of Iowa is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reverse a judge's decision to throw out the state's so-called ag-gag law.

As a result of changes to the Price Loss Coverage, or PLC, made in the 2018 farm bill, corn, soybeans, upland cotton and sorghum all have a higher 2018 yields than 2014 PLC update yields.

Groups tell lawmakers cuts to crop insurance would "undermine rural communities."

The former manager of a farmers cooperative in Minnesota has reached a plea agreement that includes pleading guilty to one count each of income tax evasion and mail fraud.

Two Michigan men will serve prison time for their roles in helping Stamp Farms LLC falsely attain crop insurance.

The EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published the proposed waters of the United States rule this week.

As ethanol margins continue to struggle, an industry analyst told a National Ethanol Conference audience the worst is behind it.

While the future of fuels may be in high-octane products, the ethanol industry and one major automaker remain divided on how to get there.

Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper on Tuesday told an ethanol industry audience small-refinery exemptions have delivered a devastating blow to the industry.

NCBA Campaign Takes Aim at Fake Meat

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco has granted the EPA a rehearing of a previous court ruling, ordering the cancellation of all chlorpyrifos registrations.

In the final days of a public comment period, agriculture groups expressed dissatisfaction with USDA's interim final rule on conservation programs compliance.

During his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Donald Trump said a trade agreement with China must include "real, structural change to end unfair trade practices."

USDA continues to hammer out the details of implementing the recently passed farm bill, as another possible partial government shutdown looms.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday voted to advance Andrew Wheeler's nomination as EPA administrator to the full Senate.

The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to ask federal court to enter a final judgement on a $62.5-billion merger.

A new analysis points to continued pressure on the ethanol and advanced biofuels industry in 2019.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has been asked by a lower court to consider a case that could have lasting ramifications for concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in the state.

The Renewable Fuels Association is pressing EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to offer an E15 proposed rule separate from proposed reforms to the Renewable Identification Numbers, or RINs, market, with just 134 days until...

Andrew Wheeler said on Wednesday the EPA still plans to release a proposed year-round E15 rule on time, but time is limited.

With time running out for the EPA to complete a rule to allow year-round E15 sales, it may be possible to allow sales anyway.

Ethanol and corn prices show little movement as losses at DTN's hypothetical ethanol plant moderate on higher dried distillers grains prices.

The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted a petition to hear a case that could allow farmers and other landowners to be in better legal positions to challenge wetlands and other government agency determinations on rules.

A hearing on the new waters of the United States rule previously scheduled in Kansas City, Kansas, on Jan. 23 has been postponed.

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the United States Supreme Court to rule on whether groundwater should be considered as a conveyance for point-source pollution.

With or without a partial federal government shutdown, the EPA already faces a tight window to complete a year-round E15 rule.

The courts are likely to answer legal questions before EPA moves to repeal the 2015 WOTUS rule, a farm group official told DTN this week.

Though the massive scope of the opioid addiction problem is a national issue requiring a national response, many solutions will come at the local level. Here is what schools, communities and individuals can do to help.

Rural areas have many challenges facing them in the battle against opioid addiction, but some areas are finding ways to reach out even with limited resources. The federal government is taking action to offer those areas more than...

As a young girl growing up on a farm in Utah, Cami Dyreng was a vivacious, intelligent spirit who loved hiking and rock climbing. However, she faced an insurmountable challenge -- an addiction to heroin that claimed her life before...

An Indiana farmer and former opioid addict shares what it was like when he was addicted and what finally saved him. Meanwhile, a North Carolina pastor tells what it's like to be on the front line of dealing with the opioid crisis.

An 18-month investigation by a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives finds the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and wholesale drug distributors failed on oversight.

The opioid crisis is growing in its impact on business, healthcare costs and number of people suffering from addiction. Rural areas are especially hit hard, but have limited resources to deal with the problem.

Legally prescribed painkillers that a relative or friend innocently stores in a medicine cabinet can be a lurking danger and lead to addiction or even death. Rural Jackson County in West Virginia found out the hard way.

A newly proposed waters of the United States rule would regulate wetlands that abut or are connected to navigable waters.

Between 1999 and 2016, 351,602 people in the United States died of opioid overdoses. Rural America is a key battlefront where the crisis is growing.

A number of representatives from biofuel interest groups testified in opposition to a proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives to replace the Renewable Fuel Standard with a national octane standard.

The EPA reportedly is expected to release a new waters of the United States rule next week.

Ethanol accountant says market oversupply is as big of a problem as demand concerns in depressing margins.

The former manager of a Minnesota farmers cooperative made his first court appearance on Tuesday.

Despite calls for EPA to reallocate biofuels gallons lost to small refinery waivers, the agency's final rule doesn't do so.

The Trump administration reportedly is taking a closer look at the small refinery exemptions program in the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Anhydrous and MAP showed significant price jumps during the third week of November, as all but one fertilizer saw increases.

A discussion draft of legislation aimed at expanding high-octane fuels could benefit ethanol, but would not require refiners and others to blend biofuels.