Todd Neeley

The ethanol industry continues to struggle as it waits for the EPA to render a decision on small-refinery exemptions and for Congress to provide financial aid.

A federal appeals court has ruled the Dakota Access pipeline can remain open pending further court proceedings.

Reports from the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City show American farmers are facing increasing financial pressure.

A new bill would broadly reform the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or FIFRA, for the first time in 25 years.

Two non-profit groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate labor claims made by Tyson Foods Inc.

The Center for Food Safety has filed a lawsuit against USDA, alleging the food-labeling rule discriminates against consumers.

One biofuels industry official said a new COVID-19 relief package needs to have explicit support for biofuels producers.

A new lawsuit is challenging the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service's waiver program for poultry plant line speeds.

A U.S. Federal Claims Court trial underway will determine how much Missouri River basin farmers might receive in compensation for years of flooding.

The future of the Dakota Access pipeline could be determined by a federal appeals court, as agriculture groups ask the court to leave the pipeline open.

A subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee heard testimony from farmers on the benefits and challenges of producing renewable energy on the farm.

The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico is considering a motion for preliminary injunction against parts of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

Loss in hog slaughter capacity, because of the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and changes at the plants, is making life hard on thousands of producers, many who may be staring bankruptcy in the face.

National restaurant chain Boston Market alleges poultry companies conspired to control the broiler market.

Green Plains Inc. alleges Archer Daniels Midland has manipulated the ethanol market, in a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court on Monday.

A South Carolina judge has been asked to throw out the new Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

DTN's hypothetical ethanol plant has seen its margin improve by 20 cents since May.

A number of minority worker interest groups allege racial discrimination at meatpacking plants during the COVID-19 pandemic, in a complaint filed with USDA.

Experts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are forecasting a smaller algal bloom in western Lake Erie this summer.

In the second of a two-story special package on how COVID-19 is affecting the rural health system, DTN Staff Reporter Todd Neeley focuses on how a rural hospital in Iowa prepared to handle COVID-19, and the possible effect of...

In the first of a two-story package on how COVID-19 is affecting the rural health system, DTN Staff Reporter Todd Neeley looks at how and why some rural Iowa hospitals are seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases.

EPA has decided it will not appeal a recent federal court ruling on tying membership on science advisory boards to receiving agency grants.

Bayer attempts to clear its legal deck by settling with thousands of parties who filed lawsuits targeting glyphosate and dicamba.

While a federal judge in Colorado has granted an injunction against the new water rule, a court in California has denied a similar request.

The state of North Carolina's ag-gag law was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.

California's Proposition 12 forbids the sale of whole pork meat in California from hogs born of sows not housed in conformity with the law.

The EPA added 52 new pending requests for small-refinery exemptions to its Renewable Fuel Standard dashboard on Thursday, drawing outrage from biofuels interest groups.

Agriculture groups will be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

The state of Iowa is taking yet another shot at protecting animal facilities from undercover animal rights activists.

Dairy farmers say the industry may need to adjust to avoid future supply disruptions seen during the COVID-19 economic shutdown.

Severe drought in southern Oregon has led to significantly lower water allocations in the Klamath Irrigation Project, forcing area farmers to take drastic measures.

Several biofuel and agriculture interest groups are asking EPA to disclose the number of requests made by refiners for small-refinery exemptions from previous compliance years.

The Food and Drug Administration has drawn back on recent restrictions placed on ethanol plants producing hand sanitizer.

Illinois farmer Kurt Wilke is awaiting a ruling on whether he will be reimbursed for engineering and legal expenses on a wetlands determination case.

A federal judge will allow an ethanol-market manipulation case to continue against Archer Daniels Midland.

A federal court in New Mexico has been asked for a preliminary injunction against parts of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

A federal appeals court denied EPA's motion to dismiss an appeal by an Idaho property owner who has fought an alleged Clean Water Act violation for years.

As states begin to reopen during the COVID-19 crisis, ethanol begins to show signs of a comeback.

Ethanol groups are pushing federal lawmakers to include some sort of financial relief for biofuel companies in a possible upcoming congressional package.

Two separate courts are asked to hold meatpacking companies accountable for two COVID-19 employee deaths.

A new lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers points to instream structures along the Middle Mississippi River as the cause of flooding along a 195-mile stretch of the river.

The chief law enforcement officers from 20 states told President Donald Trump on Tuesday that meatpacking plants need to be required to implement COVID-19 safety measures.

Biofuel groups on Monday told congressional leaders the industry needs direct economic relief.