Sales of E15 and E85 reached record highs in Minnesota last year, with E15 leading the way with a 21% increase compared to 2022.
- Bryce Anderson
- John Baranick
- Alan Brugler
- Joel Burgio
- Jennifer Carrico
- Chris Clayton
- Lori Culler
- Katie Micik Dehlinger
- Brian Ethridge
- Myke Feinman
- David M Fiala
- Mike Fontaine
- Liubov Georges
- Anthony Greder
- Jerry Gulke
- Jerry Hagstrom
- Chris Hill
- Gregg Hillyer
- Greg D Horstmeier
- Duane Howell
- Todd Hultman
- Cliff Jamieson
- Jason Jenkins
- Joel Karlin
- Scott R Kemper
- Mary Kennedy
- Rick Kment
- Elaine Kub
- Urban C Lehner
- Loren Lindler
- Dana Mantini
- Rod Mauszycki
- Dan Miller
- Darren Miller
- Brian L Milne
- Kathy Myers
- Victoria G Myers
- Todd Neeley
- Linda Nellson
- Richard Oswald
- Mike Palmerino
- Jim Patrico
- Susan Payne
- Russ Quinn
- Joel Reichenberger
- Mary Roth
- Kim Ruberti
- Nick Scalise
- Robin Schmahl
- Beth Schweitz
- Philip Shaw
- Elaine Shein
- Pamela Smith
- Richard Smith
- DTN Staff
- ShayLe Stewart
- Lin Tan
- Tara Trenary
- Emily Unglesbee
- Doug Webster
- Teresa Wells
- Matt Wilde
- Scott Williams
- Elizabeth Williams
- Lance Woodbury
- Cheri Zagurski
Todd Neeley
DTN staff reporter Todd Neeley is a lifelong resident of Lincoln, Neb., and a 1994 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he earned a bachelor's degree in news editorial.
Neeley worked as a reporter and photographer with the weekly newspaper The Milford Times in southeast Nebraska until 2002. He then went to work as the government reporter for The Hastings Tribune in central Nebraska, where he covered the Nebraska Legislature and city and county government. Neeley was hired as a staff reporter at DTN in August 2004, where he has worked on numerous in-depth reporting projects, covered the ethanol and crop insurance beats. He is now an environmental reporter for DTN, covering Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act and other issues important to farmers.
During his 18-year career, Neeley has earned more than 50 state and national awards for reporting and writing. In 2010 he was a Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award finalist for a series of stories on ethanol and oil subsidies.
Recent Blogs by Author
-
-
A new analysis by University of Illinois Urban-Champaign economist Scott Irwin points to the possibility that more biodiesel plants could be closing in 2024 because of tight economic conditions.
More From This Author
-
Triumph: Toss Question 3 Pork Sale Ban
A federal court in Massachusetts is considering a motion filed by Triumph Foods and other plaintiffs to end the state's ban on pork sales coming from producers who don't follow the animal welfare law.
-
Tyson, JBS Settle on Wage-Fixing Case
Tyson Foods and JBS USA Food Company have settled with a group of current and former employees who sued many companies, claiming they allegedly conspired to fix wages. Tyson and JBS USA agreed to cooperate with the plaintiffs...
-
SD Bills Clear Way for Carbon Pipeline
The South Dakota Legislature on Wednesday passed three bills designed to protect landowners while giving carbon pipeline companies such as Summit Carbon Solutions a path toward completing such...
-
Ag Escapes SEC Emission Reporting Rule
The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission finalized an emissions-reporting rule on Wednesday that exempts farms and ranches from reporting.
-
Ag, Fuel Groups Urge No Change to RINs
Agriculture and fuel groups asked the EPA to deny a December petition by refiners to change the biofuels credit program in the Renewable Fuel Standard.
-
Groups Say CAFO Regulations Needed
Environmental groups led by Food and Water Watch filed an opening brief in an appeals court on a challenge of EPA's rejection of a petition to tighten regulations on confined animal feeding operations.
-
States, Ag Ask Court to Vacate WOTUS
Twenty-four states and numerous agriculture and other industry groups asked a federal court in North Dakota to vacate the Biden administration's amended waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, rule.
-
Data Delay Slows Right-to-Repair Case
Farmer plaintiffs in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit filed against John Deere have asked a federal court to delay legal proceedings while both sides continue to work out disagreements on a request for data.
-
Valero Adds 8 Ethanol Plants to Summit
Summit Carbon Solutions announced Monday that Valero has agreed to connect eight of its 12 corn-ethanol plants to a planned carbon pipeline.
-
Biden Admin Delays SAF Credit Guidance
The Biden administration on Friday announced a delay past a March 1 deadline to provide tax guidance on a new tax credit designed to increase sustainable aviation fuel production.
-
EPA Sues Idaho Ranch on CWA Violations
The owners of Ace Black Ranches in southwest Idaho were sued by the EPA this week, alleging work done to install irrigation systems and other work violated the Clean Water Act.
-
Suit Alleges Boersen Stole Equipment
A federal lawsuit filed in Michigan alleges that Zeeland, Michigan-based Boersen Farms stole 112 items of equipment and fraudulently transferred them to numerous entities.
-
Former CEO Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Former Express Grain CEO John R. Coleman pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud this week in a plea agreement announced by the court.
-
Summit CEO: CO2 Pipeline's Time is Now
The CEO of Summit Carbon Solutions told ethanol producers and farmers at the National Ethanol Conference in San Diego this week, that the company will do what it takes to push the carbon pipeline project across the finish line.
-
E15 in Limbo Just Months Before Summer
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday the Biden administration plans to implement permanent year-round E15 sales in eight Midwest states, with waivers expected to allow E15 sales to continue nationally this summer.
-
Express Grain CEO to Change Fraud Plea
The former CEO of a grain company in Mississippi is scheduled for a Feb. 22 hearing to consider a change in plea on wire fraud charges. The trial is set for Feb. 26.
-
US: Farmer $5.1M Restitution Accurate
Federal prosecutors tell an appeals court the sentence and restitution for a Nebraska farmer who pled guilty to bank fraud should stand.
-
Massachusetts Animal Welfare Law Facing Scrutiny
A federal judge in Massachusetts rules that an animal welfare law exemption for federally licensed slaughterhouses in the state is unconstitutional.
-
EPA Order Sought on Dicamba Stocks
Agriculture interest groups have asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to allow for the use of existing dicamba stocks after federal court vacated three registrations of the herbicide.
-
Northey Funeral Services on Saturday
Funeral services have been set for Saturday in Des Moines for former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey who died suddenly on Monday.
-
Court Vacates Dicamba Registrations
A federal court in Arizona vacated the dicamba registrations of three products, ruling the EPA violated notice-and-comment laws on new-use registrations.
-
Former Iowa Ag Secretary Northey Dies
Iowa's former Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey died suddenly on Monday. He was 64.
-
EPA: No Paraquat Link to Parkinson's
The EPA this week announced it would require no additional mitigation measures for the use of the herbicide paraquat, in a review document released on Tuesday.
-
Groups Add Four Pesticides to ESA Suit
The Center for Biological Diversity filed an amended lawsuit this week challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
-
California Climate Laws Challenged
The American Farm Bureau and the Western Growers Association were among agriculture and business groups suing the state of California on Tuesday, challenging two climate reporting laws they argue are unconstitutional.
-
Bayer Loses $2.25B Roundup Verdict
A Pennsylvania man was awarded $2.25 billion in damages by a jury last week in a Roundup product liability trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
-
Study: Groundwater Decline Accelerates
A study published in the journal Nature found groundwater is declining in many aquifers across the world. The study, however, found it was possible to reverse those trends through proper management of water resources.
-
Poet to Add 17 Plants to CO2 Pipeline
Summit Carbon Solutions and Poet LLC reached an agreement to add 17 Poet ethanol plants in Iowa and South Dakota to a proposed 1,250-mile carbon pipeline project still working its way through regulatory hurdles.
-
Capturing SAF Promise in Rural America
Iowa corn growers and ethanol producers point to a sense of urgency to implement carbon capture and sequestration at ethanol plants across the state to reap the benefits of the expansion of sustainable aviation fuel production.
-
Refiners Petition EPA for RINs Changes
The EPA is considering a petition filed by two refiners to change the renewable identification numbers (RINs) program in the Renewable Fuel Standard.
-
Packing Plants to Face Runoff Limits
EPA this week is launching a public comment period for a proposed rule to limit pollution runoff from meatpacking plants across the country.
-
Groups Oppose Fertilizer Plant Deal
A coalition of environmental and agriculture interests have asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to investigate Koch Industries' $3.6 billion acquisition of an Iowa fertilizer plant.
-
NYSE Ends Natural Resources Trade Plan
The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday pulled a proposal to create a new category of stocks called natural asset companies, after landowners, federal and state lawmakers and others raised concerns the proposal could allow...
-
Court Dismisses Boersen Farms Lawsuit
A federal court in Michigan dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Zeeland, Michigan, farm that is the center of an ongoing federal investigation.
-
Texas Landowners Case Argued at SCOTUS
A group of Texas ranchers and other landowners argued before the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the state of Texas owes them compensation for or to prevent flooding of their land caused by construction on Interstate 10 in...
-
Court Overturns Green Plains Ruling
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that a district court in Illinois erred in dismissing an ethanol markets lawsuit filed by Green Plains Renewable Energy against Archer Daniels Midland.
-
Minn. Sues Dairy for $3M in Back Wages
The state of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against a central Minnesota dairy, alleging the company cheated workers out of at least $3 million in wages and provided substandard housing for workers.
-
Economists Size Up Ag Economy in 2024
Agriculture economists outlined the possible headwinds agriculture faces in 2024, pointing to downward pressure on commodities and inflation concerns as things to watch.
-
Easterday Appeals Tyson Ruling
Former eastern Washington rancher Cody Easterday asked a federal appeals court to review the dismissal of a lawsuit he filed against Tyson Fresh Meats.
-
Cummins to Recall RAM Pickup Trucks
Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. will be repairing hundreds of thousands of RAM pickups as part of a $2 billion legal settlement on Clean Air Act violations.
-
Court Sides With Iowa on Ag Trespass
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit sided with the state of Iowa on agriculture trespass laws passed by the state in 2019 and 2021, ruling that a district court was wrong in preventing the enforcement of the laws.
-
Ethanol Groups Petition Court on SREs
The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy filed separate petitions in federal court Monday, asking for a rehearing of a decision to overturn EPA's decision to reject 100 small-refinery...
-
RFA Petitions Court on RFS Exemptions
The Renewable Fuels Association petitioned a federal court on Monday, asking for a rehearing of a decision to overturn EPA's decision to reject 100 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable...
-
Nebraska Farmer: $5.1M Judgment Too High
A Nebraska farmer who pleaded guilty to bank fraud told a federal appeals court on Thursday a district court erred in setting restitution at $5.1 million.
-
Enviros: Montana CAFO Monitoring Lacks
Environmental groups have asked a district court to require the state of Montana to withdraw a recent general permit for confined animal feeding operations in the state, alleging the state does not require adequate pollution...
-
Neeley's Favorite Story of 2023
December naturally has us thinking back over the year that was, including the stories we've created. So, we've again asked DTN/Progressive Farmer writers to think back on their year and choose a favorite story from the archive...
-
Mass. Wants Question 3 Suit Dismissed
The state of Massachusetts asked a federal court to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit filed by food companies and joined by 13 states against the state's animal welfare law.
-
Michigan Farmer Faces Federal Trial
A federal court has set May 2024 for Michigan farmer Gaylord Lincoln who was indicted by a federal grand jury on 13 charges in connection with an alleged crop insurance fraud scheme.
- Bryce Anderson
- John Baranick
- Alan Brugler
- Joel Burgio
- Jennifer Carrico
- Chris Clayton
- Lori Culler
- Katie Micik Dehlinger
- Brian Ethridge
- Myke Feinman
- David M Fiala
- Mike Fontaine
- Liubov Georges
- Anthony Greder
- Jerry Gulke
- Jerry Hagstrom
- Chris Hill
- Gregg Hillyer
- Greg D Horstmeier
- Duane Howell
- Todd Hultman
- Cliff Jamieson
- Jason Jenkins
- Joel Karlin
- Scott R Kemper
- Mary Kennedy
- Rick Kment
- Elaine Kub
- Urban C Lehner
- Loren Lindler
- Dana Mantini
- Rod Mauszycki
- Dan Miller
- Darren Miller
- Brian L Milne
- Kathy Myers
- Victoria G Myers
- Todd Neeley
- Linda Nellson
- Richard Oswald
- Mike Palmerino
- Jim Patrico
- Susan Payne
- Russ Quinn
- Joel Reichenberger
- Mary Roth
- Kim Ruberti
- Nick Scalise
- Robin Schmahl
- Beth Schweitz
- Philip Shaw
- Elaine Shein
- Pamela Smith
- Richard Smith
- DTN Staff
- ShayLe Stewart
- Lin Tan
- Tara Trenary
- Emily Unglesbee
- Doug Webster
- Teresa Wells
- Matt Wilde
- Scott Williams
- Elizabeth Williams
- Lance Woodbury
- Cheri Zagurski