Todd Neeley

Cody Easterday filed an appeal with a federal court in Washington state, challenging the recent dismissal of one of two lawsuits he filed against Tyson Fresh Meats.

Archer Daniels Midland motioned a federal court in Illinois to exclude expert witness testimony in an ongoing ethanol markets lawsuit.

The EPA told a federal court this week it intends to finalize an E15 rule for eight states by March 28, 2024, asking the court for time to complete that process.

The attorneys general for Iowa and Nebraska asked a federal court on Wednesday to issue a permanent injunction against EPA to force the agency to finalize a rule allowing permanent year-round sales of E15 in eight states.

Two Minnesota men face a Dec. 14 sentencing in connection with an organics crop conspiracy to sell $46 million of non-GMO corn and soybeans as organic.

A federal judge in Illinois ruled an antitrust case filed against John Deere by more than 17 farmers across the country will continue. The court denied a motion filed by the company that would have ended the lawsuits that allege...

A state court in Jefferson City, Missouri, sided with four plaintiffs in claims that their multi-year use of glyphosate-based Roundup was to blame for their non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnoses.

A Michigan farm family under investigation for alleged crop insurance fraud has sued the federal government and an insurance company for a three-year delay in paying about $2.3 million in crop...

A federal court in Nebraska gave a group of seed companies more time to complete an environmental cleanup at a now-defunct ethanol plant in Nebraska. The court set filing deadlines well into...

A new analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation finds U.S. cropland leads the way in all agricultural lands reported to be owned by foreign interests.

A total of 26 states and multiple agriculture interest groups have relaunched a legal fight in federal court, aimed at the Biden administration's amended Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

Archer Daniels Midland and Marathon Oil officially opened the Green Bison Soy Processing plant in Spiritwood, North Dakota, this week.

A federal court in eastern Washington has dismissed two lawsuits filed by former rancher Cody Easterday against Tyson Fresh Meats, alleging breach of contract and antitrust violations.

The CEO of the American Carbon Alliance said last week during the National Carbon Capture conference in Des Moines, Iowa, that farmers and ethanol producers need to fight for the opportunity...

A federal court in Arizona is expected to issue a ruling at any time on a lawsuit challenging EPA action on dicamba-based herbicides.

A Gering, Nebraska, farmer was sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $5.1 million in restitution after pleading guilty to committing bank fraud. The farmer is appealing the...

Bayer CEO Bill Anderson said the company is undertaking major changes to the way it does business, including options for restructuring.

A federal appeals court ruled it was unconstitutional for the state of California to require warning labels on products containing glyphosate.

A federal court in Nebraska ruled a business entity connected to AltEn LLC cannot be held liable to cover some of the costs of an ongoing environmental cleanup at a now-closed ethanol plant in...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Thursday rejected a 2022 EPA rule that essentially banned farmers from using the insecticide chlorpyrifos.

A group of agriculture companies and the airlines combine forces to press the Biden administration to adopt a popular lifecycle model for calculating tax credits for the sustainable aviation fuel...

A Howard County, Texas, grand jury indicted four men, including a Loving County judge, each on one count of organized criminal activity and livestock theft valued under $150,000.

Archer Daniels Midland announced plans Monday to build a plant-based specialty chemicals production facility alongside the company's corn-processing plant in Marshall, Minnesota.

Tyson Foods and other food companies filed a motion to dismiss any remaining claims for relief in an 18-year-old lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma that alleged the companies and poultry farmers were responsible for...

As an antitrust lawsuit against John Deere continues to play out in an Illinois federal court, the Biden administration continues to sharpen its focus on the right to repair.

Anhydrous continues to lead the prices of all eight fertilizers higher in October, with MAP and UAN32 following close behind.

Archer Daniels Midland's CEO said during an earnings call Tuesday that his company will continue to move forward on its carbon pipeline project despite the recent cancellation of a similar project.

Farmers and other agriculture professionals asked the EPA to make changes to or withdraw the EPA's draft herbicide strategy for endangered species in comments submitted in the final 30 days...

A water law attorney told the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works that the Biden administration's updated waters of the U.S. rule following the Sackett v. EPA ruling still gives the agency wide latitude on...

Archer Daniels Midland asked a federal court in Illinois to issue a stay or allow an appeal in an ethanol markets lawsuit filed by Midwest Renewable Energy, as a federal appeals court considers another case.

A federal jury convicted two current and former Didion Milling Inc. employees in connection with a 2017 explosion at the company's Cambria, Wisconsin, mill that killed five employees.

A handful of agriculture interest groups filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, challenging EPA's rejection of a petition to regulate confined animal feeding operations more...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas granted the federal government's motion Monday to transfer a lawsuit filed by Kansas farmers, ranchers and counties challenging the Biden administration's Endangered Species Act...

The EPA is asking the public for input on whether pesticide-treated seed should be further regulated by the agency.

The U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota has lifted a stay on a lawsuit filed by 24 states against the waters of the U.S. rule.

A lawsuit filed by farms, ranches and counties in Kansas against the Biden administration's endangered species listing of the lesser prairie chicken may be moved to a federal court in Texas.

Attorneys general in 13 states joined a lawsuit in Massachusetts against the state's animal welfare law that is similar to California's Proposition 12. Massachusetts law requires pork sold in the state to come from farms that comply...

A federal court issued a preliminary order that will require Minnesota farmer James Clayton Wolf to forfeit personal property and bank accounts toward meeting a $19.7 million judgment against him in an organic crops conspiracy case.

Archer Daniels Midland said in a court filing last week that a court-appointed expert concluded that AOT Holding AG, a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against ADM, did not suffer economic damage as a result of trading actions...

The Supreme Court agreed to take up a case involving Texas farmers who filed lawsuits seeking compensation from the state, after alleging construction on Interstate 10 in the southeast part of the state led to devastating flooding.

EPA has granted final approval to Ohio's total maximum daily load (TMDL) that sets limits on phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie from the western basin.

The EPA rejected a 2017 petition by several environmental groups that requested the agency regulate pesticide mixtures instead of only active ingredients.

A federal court in Illinois denied Archer Daniels Midland's motion to dismiss one of two ongoing ethanol markets antitrust lawsuits.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Amy Schmidt, best known as the manure lady, is on a mission to spread the word to farmers and others about the value of manure to cropping systems.

One of two men who pleaded guilty in connection with an organic crops conspiracy has asked a federal court to reject the prosecution's call for a prison sentence in favor of probation.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told members of the ethanol industry on Tuesday that the development of a bio-based economy and in particular sustainable aviation fuel will be critical to rural America's future.

Thirty-two business groups including rural and agriculture interests have made an early case to EPA Administrator Michael Regan to leave National Ambient Air Quality standards for ground-level ozone alone. The groups said in a...

Food groups led by the Center for Food Safety filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review a district court decision on USDA's National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard rule.

J.R. Simplot has filed a motion in federal court asking for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an environmental group, alleging a Grand View, Idaho, feedlot is illegally discharging manure and other pollutants into the Snake River.

A federal judge in Minnesota issued a stay in an ongoing lawsuit filed by ag, biofuels and convenience store interests, attempting to stop the state of Minnesota from implementing an electric-vehicle mandate.