Todd Neeley

The Trump administration has proposed a record 24.02 billion gallons of biofuels to be blended in 2026 under the Renewable Fuel Standard, with a significant focus on biomass-based diesel.

Ethanol group leaders meeting at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Omaha this week said they are concerned about an upcoming Renewable Fuel Standard proposal.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds vetoed a bill that would have made carbon-pipeline developers follow a more complex regulatory system.

A federal court denied John Deere's attempt to dismiss an FTC antitrust lawsuit alleging the company illegally restricts farmers' ability to repair their own equipment.

The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday allowing immediate E15 sales. A vote is pending in the state senate.

Two Chinese nationals were arrested for smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a destructive crop pathogen, into the U.S. One suspect worked at University of Michigan's laboratory.

ClearFlame, which developed ethanol-burning diesel engines, is liquidating assets after losing investor support. The company faces age discrimination allegations from a former engineer while its CEO has departed.

A Missouri appeals court upheld a $661 million verdict against Bayer, rejecting all appeals and finding the company showed "reckless disregard" for customer health regarding glyphosate.

A federal court granted a 90-day pause in Clean Water Act case against an Idaho ranch pending the Trump administration's work on a new WOTUS rule.

A federal judge rejected John Deere's request to shield its chief financial officer from testifying in farmers' right-to-repair lawsuit, ruling his testimony provides relevant insights.

A federal judge last week allowed the admission of a supplemental report of an expert witness in an ethanol market manipulation lawsuit against Archer Daniels Midland.

Ranchers have until Sept. 15, 2025, to file claims in the $83.5 million JBS antitrust settlement for those who sold cattle to major meatpackers between 2015 and 2020.

The MAHA report highlights glyphosate concerns while advocating a balanced approach between pesticide safety and farmers' needs, drawing strong criticism from agricultural groups who call it unscientific.

As farmers anticipate the release of a report by the Make America Healthy Again Commission, they are fearful that the report could ultimately threaten their operations.

Sunterra Group seeks court approval to sell three swine operations to the Pork Group Inc. for $15 million amid allegations of a check-kiting scheme.

State lawmakers and agriculture groups have joined the fight to stem a tide of product-liability lawsuits against Bayer's glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer.

The Iowa Senate on Monday passed a bill that complicates the possible use of eminent domain to build carbon pipelines in the state.

Although sustainable aviation fuel holds potential economic promise for rural America so far, the Trump administration has shown little interest.

Attorneys for John Deere have asked a federal court to issue a protective order preventing the company's chief financial officer from testifying in an ongoing right-to-repair lawsuit.

The Federal Trade Commission continues its antitrust lawsuit against Syngenta and Corteva despite administration change, alleging loyalty programs block cheaper generic pesticides from reaching farmers.

The Canadian government on Tuesday ended its investigation into whether U.S. imports of renewable diesel harmed Canada's industry.

As the Trump administration continues to work on a revised waters of the U.S. rule, agriculture and environmental groups on May 1 showed how divided they are about federal jurisdiction.

A Missouri farmer who stars on the reality television series "The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys" on Peacock, is set for sentencing on crop insurance fraud on Sept. 9.

The U.S. International Trade Commission made a final determination on Tuesday that imports of the herbicide 2,4-D from China and India have harmed Corteva Agriscience.

A federal judge allows Upside Foods to challenge Florida's lab-grown meat ban, ruling it may violate the dormant Commerce Clause by discriminating against interstate commerce.

The Trump administration granted an emergency waiver on Monday to allow E15 sales to continue throughout the summer months.

Miner County, South Dakota, farmer Arlen Foster waits for a federal court in the state to decide whether it will order USDA to re-review his wetlands determination.

A federal appeals court ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was within its rights to reject a petition that sought stricter regulations for concentrated animal feeding operations.

Agriculture groups asked the Trump administration to write a clear WOTUS definition after the Sackett Supreme Court ruling, including a narrower scop, while environmental groups advocate for broader protections.

The Trump administration is reviewing a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed by the Biden administration against a Bruneau, Idaho, ranch.

The Trump administration proposes removing the "harm" definition from ESA, citing the Loper Bright Supreme Court ruling. Environmentalists warn this could eliminate habitat protections for endangered species nationwide.

An Alberta, Canada-based company that operates three swine facilities in South Dakota and Iowa told a court last week that their financier, Compeer Financial, was to blame for the handling of the companies' accounts and that...

Three Republican U.S. senators introduced a bill on April 8 designed to stop the national effects of California's animal-welfare law created after the passage of Proposition 12.

A group of executives from eight small-refinery companies asked the Trump administration to be involved in any additional meetings on the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard, in a letter sent to the White House at the end of...

An Alberta, Canada-based company that operates swine facilities in the U.S. has filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada amid allegations of running a check-kiting scheme to keep swine facilities running in Iowa and South Dakota.

Saskatchewan-based Monette Farms was ordered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia to pay a consultant $12 million for help provided on a $63 million ranch deal. Monette owns more than 350,000 acres of farm and ranch land in...

Sam Caton, the executive vice president of sales at Des Moines, Iowa-based Landus was named the interim CEO of the company after previous president and CEO Matthew Carstens resigned at the end of last week.

Steven A. McBee, a Missouri farmer and star of the agriculture reality television series "The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys," is scheduled for sentencing on June 26 after pleading guilty...

A federal court in Texas has struck down a Biden administration rule on the lesser prairie chicken in a lawsuit filed in part by farmers and ranchers in Kansas.

As biofuels, agriculture and petroleum groups are expected to meet at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to discuss the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard, a group of fuel distributors have raised alarms about what...

West Virginia developer Ron Foster has asked a federal appeals court to require a district court to apply a new jurisdictional test laid out in the Supreme Court case Sackett v. EPA. Foster has been fighting the U.S. Environmental...

The Trump administration tells a federal court that two biofuels groups that sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for missing Renewable Fuel Standard deadlines on the 2026 volumes informed the agency of their intent to...

The U.S. Supreme Court entertained oral arguments in a case that could determine in what venue legal challenges to small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard should be heard.

A jury in Cobb County, Georgia, awarded $2.065 billion in compensation and damages to a cancer patient who alleged his use of Roundup led to their non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosis.

A federal judge ruled a lawsuit alleging securities fraud against Archer Daniels Midland would continue as the court denied four motions to dismiss the case last week.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is launching a second public-comment period on a proposal to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.