Todd Neeley

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit last month rejected appeals filed by attorneys who represented farmers in the Syngenta corn settlement. The attorneys for years have been...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week approved $15 million in grants for 10 institutions to study the agricultural effects of "forever chemicals."

Triumph Foods LLC and a group of farms and companies have asked a federal appeals court to review a decision on Massachusetts' animal-welfare law made by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service releases new guidelines on meat and poultry labels that make environmental or animal-raised claims after a test finds antibiotics in such livestock.

Summit Carbon Solutions was granted a construction permit by the Iowa Utilities Commission to build a 688-mile stretch of the company's proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would run through...

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service releases new guidelines on meat and poultry labels that make environmental or animal-raised claims after a test finds antibiotics in such livestock.

Ethanol interest group Growth Energy told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan the group intends to file a lawsuit if the agency does not release a 2026...

The state of Iowa announced Tuesday that farmers will continue to pay an indemnity fee on all grain sales for at least one more year as officials look to rebuild the indemnity fund.

The South Dakota Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Summit Carbon Solutions has yet to prove it is a common carrier under state law to allow the company to launch eminent domain...

A federal appeals court this week rejected a Nebraska farmer's appeal to reduce $5.1 million in restitution after pleading guilty to one count of bank fraud.

Maumee, Ohio-based The Andersons announced Bill Krueger, the company's current chief operating officer, will take over as president and CEO effective Oct. 1, 2024.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating where biofuel producers source waste cooking oil to produce biodiesel and other fuels, as part of what the agency says is now a routine...

DG Fuels, based in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday announced plans to build a new sustainable aviation fuel plant in Nebraska with plans to launch production in 2030.

State attorneys general from 11 states have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to declare any state label requirements for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, to be unlawful if inconsistent with agency...

A bipartisan group of 20 federal lawmakers asked the U.S. Department of Commerce this week to consider how potential duties on 2,4-D imports from China and India could affect U.S. farmers.

The Michigan Supreme Court last week sided with the state of Michigan in an ongoing legal dispute with agriculture on how it is regulating concentrated animal feeding operations.

The average prices of all eight fertilizers tracked by DTN continued their downward trend in the first week of August 2024, although none of them recorded a significant drop.

A Mount Airy, North Carolina, man entered a guilty plea in federal court last week to his role in a cattle-theft conspiracy that spanned four years and involved at least 3,000 head of...

National Beef Packing Company has reached a settlement in an ongoing lawsuit that alleges food companies fixed wages. Seven companies have yet to file motions to dismiss or announce settlements.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday vacated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's denial of previously granted small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Agricultural industry officials told the House Agriculture Committee on Tuesday that the industry needs a strong farm bill and possibly even more economic aid as economic headwinds continue to blow across rural America.

A Kansas man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud ranchers during the 2021 drought.

A federal court in Massachusetts ruled Monday that the state's law banning the sale of pork meat that doesn't meet sow housing requirements is not preempted by federal law, allowing the law to stand.

The American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association and the National Farmers Union want to see guidance on the 45Z Clean Fuel Production tax credit include a domestic-feedstocks...

Michigan farmer Gaylord Lincoln asked a federal court this week to dismiss wire and mail fraud charges against him after a grand jury indicted Lincoln in connection with a federal crop insurance and farm benefits fraud investigation.

CF Industries and Poet LLC announced plans to study how low-carbon ammonia applied to fields by farmers who supply grain to ethanol plants can reduce carbon emissions.

A survey of 1,045 farmers by researchers at the University of Georgia found a connection between high stress levels in farming and binge drinking.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a change to when the agency analyzes the effects of pesticide spray drift in hopes of protecting more farmworkers.

Agriculture groups asked a federal court to throw out a conservation rule finalized in May by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management that may exclude ranchers from grazing public lands.

Citing rising construction costs, Archer Daniels Midland and LG Chem canceled plans to build a new corn-based polylactic acid plant in Decatur, Illinois.

The House Agriculture Committee got an earful from farmers and other agriculture industry officials during a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, who told representatives they need to see more engagement with the U.S...

The White House released a unified agenda for all federal agencies that includes what would be a one-year delay in finalizing Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2026.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked a federal court to issue an injunction against several dairies in southern Washington state, requiring them to take steps to protect drinking...

A group of eight scientists told a federal appeals court last week that claims made in a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity that the Renewable Fuel Standard led to the conversion of previously unfarmed grasslands to...

The Supreme Court's decision Monday in Corner Post Inc. v. Federal Reserve has the potential to expand the number of lawsuits filed against federal agencies overall, including lawsuits challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection...

A group of 157 Republican members of Congress on Tuesday asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to withdraw a final heavy-duty truck emissions rule that mandates electric trucks.

South Dakota farmer Arlen Foster will have his legal challenge of a USDA wetlands determination reheard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

A limited number of farmers and ranchers are expected to be affected directly by the Supreme Court's action that overturned a long-held legal doctrine called Chevron deference.

The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the so-called Chevron deference doctrine on a 6-3 vote, clearing the way for farmers such as South Dakota producer Arlen Foster to challenge federal agency decisions.

A federal court in Idaho denied a motion filed by J.R. Simplot to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the company's Grand View, Idaho, feedlot has been illegally discharging pollution since 2012.

The Iowa Utilities Board on Tuesday approved Summit Carbon Solutions' proposal to build a 688-mile stretch of a 1,250-mile carbon pipeline in Iowa. The decision also grants authority to use eminent domain.

Clean Fuels Alliance America is petitioning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make significant increases in 2024 and 2025 volumes for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels.

Seed companies involved in the environmental cleanup of a now-defunct ethanol plant in Mead, Nebraska, have restarted operations to remove wet cake waste from the site.

A Monona, Iowa, farmer who pleaded guilty in connection with livestock theft and wire fraud, was fined by the state of Iowa for an environmental violation on his feedlot.