Todd Neeley

One week after U.S. prosecutors asked a federal court to expedite the crop insurance and farm benefit payments fraud case against a Michigan farmer, both sides reached a settlement.

The EPA rejected a 2017 petition filed by two environmental groups, asking the agency to regulate pesticide-treated seeds.

The state of Iowa has now lost legal cases on three of four of its agriculture trespass laws passed in the state dating back to 2012, as a federal judge struck down the state's 2021 version this week.

Attorneys for former eastern Washington rancher Cody Allen Easterday have asked a federal court to grant three years' probation, while prosecutors are seeking prison time.

EPA pulled away from an interim decision on glyphosate in a legal case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The agency said it will focus on a review of the Roundup ingredient and expects to complete the process by...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a district's court action that vacated reforms to the Endangered Species Act.

Fifteen members of a House subcommittee told the heads of the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers they intend to reassert Congressional authority to define waters of the U.S.

ClearFlame Engine Technologies announced plans to integrate its ethanol diesel engine technology into Class-8 trucks, as well as a pilot program with Beck's.

Attorneys for the U.S. government have asked a federal court to expedite an ongoing crop insurance and benefits fraud case, alleging a Michigan farmer accused of using so-called straw-farms to receive crop insurance and other...

Bayer AG rejected a global settlement that would have ended thousands of Roundup product-liability cases across the country, telling a federal court in California this week it would continue to defend the glyphosate-based product.

A South Dakota farmer who has been battling the USDA on a wetlands determination on a puddle has asked a federal appeals court to review a lower court's July decision in a lawsuit.

The North Platte Chamber and Development Corporation announced plans to find a partner to build a soybean crush plant at an industrial park site in western Nebraska.

The EPA has until Sept. 30 to respond to a 2017 petition filed by environmental groups, asking the agency to take steps to regulate pesticide-treated seed. A decision could affect nearly every acre of corn and soybeans, as well...

The EPA has asked a federal court to maintain a stay on an ongoing lawsuit challenging the agency's 2020 registration of dicamba products.

The Chinese government this week suspended exports of pork coming from a Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. processing plant in Logansport, Indiana.

The California Air Resources Board approved a regulation on Thursday that will ban the sales of internal combustible engines in the state by 2035.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with a coalition of agriculture groups this week, ruling a district court should have allowed the groups to intervene in a case involving the federal status of the gray wolf. The...

About 60 northeast Iowa farmers who sold grain to Jesup, Iowa-based B&B Farm Store Inc., were not paid for an estimated $1.275 million in grain sales.

The director of NASA's earth science division said the agency continues to look for new ways to provide farmers with information they need to make decisions.

The EPA's dicamba draft risk assessment released on Thursday shows an increase in off-target incidents reported on the herbicide since it was approved for over-the-top use on soybeans and cotton in 2016.

The EPA is exploring whether dicamba can be used without posing risks to off-target plants and species, as part of a draft ecological risk assessment released for public comment on Thursday. The risk assessment is part of a...

Andersons Marathon settled with the EPA on more than 130 Clean Air Act violations at four ethanol plants in Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

Twenty lawsuits have now been filed in a federal appeals court, challenging the Biden administration's denial of all pending small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Archer Daniels Midland announced two new joint ventures to expand the production of bioplastics and other plant-based products, including building a new plant in Decatur, Illinois.

EPA Senior Adviser for Agriculture Rod Snyder told the American Coalition for Ethanol the Biden administration would continue to grow biofuels.

American Coalition for Ethanol CEO Brian Jennings cautions farmers to not jump into carbon contracts for "pennies on the dollar" when there is opportunity for much bigger payouts.

A former veterinarian for Merck and Pfizer told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that the U.S. pork industry already has systems in place to allow it to comply with California's animal welfare law Proposition 12.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Poet LLC has acquired one of the largest rail-to-container transload facilities in the Southeast.

Republican members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform are pressing the Biden administration for information about the decision to reverse a Trump-era policy that brought transparency to the so-called...

A federal bankruptcy court in eastern Washington announced a settlement in an ongoing Chapter 11 case involving an eastern Washington ranch that was at the center of a so-called 'ghost-cattle' scam.

A new study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Nebraska Ethanol Board finds the state's ethanol industry continues to find signs of economic growth.

A superior court in Washington, D.C., denied Smithfield Foods' motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company misled consumers during and after the COVID-19 shutdown.

Two national right-to-repair interest groups allege John Deere may not be following the Clean Air Act by restricting emissions control system diagnostic equipment access to independent repair shops and farmers.

The EPA on Tuesday released a draft biological opinion on the insecticide sulfoxaflor, finding the chemical is likely to adversely affect some species and habitats.

A federal court grants Archer Daniels Midland's motion to dismiss an ethanol markets lawsuit after the judge rules six ethanol companies were unable to prove antitrust injury.

Minnesota farmer James Clayton Wolf was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 7 on charges that he allegedly received more than $46 million in payments for grain that was falsely sold as organic.

A federal judge in California vacated a 2019 Trump administration rule that finalized reforms to the Endangered Species Act. The reforms were supported by agriculture groups.

A federal court on July 1 sided with USDA in an ongoing battle with a South Dakota farmer on a 2011 wetland determination.

The Supreme Court on Monday, June 27, turned away two agriculture-related petitions for review, including Bayer AG's final petition filed on a Roundup product-liability verdict and another challenging the federal Beef Checkoff program.

Tar spot was identified in a Marshall County, Iowa, corn field this week, prompting an Iowa State University plant pathologist to urge farmers to begin scouting.

The EPA on Thursday announced the final biological opinion on chlorpyrifos, malathion and diazinon, calling for new label restrictions on their usage, mostly on the East and West coasts.