DTN Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger shares how she likes to write about creative people putting innovative ideas into practice, and why a story about forming their own microcaptive insurance companies was her favorite of the year.

Nebraska grain dealer Hansen-Mueller Co. told state regulators all farmers were paid for grain deliveries as part of an agreement to restore its grain dealer license, but at least one Nebraska farmer says he has still not been paid.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Tuesday visited with Mead residents to tout the state's progress in working with six seed companies now running the former AltEn ethanol plant's cleanup, the AltEn Facility Response Group.

Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.105 million barrels per day (bpd) during the week ended Dec. 3.

New World screwworm, a deadly tissue-eating pest, is spreading through Mexico and moving toward the U.S. border. Officials are using surveillance and sterile flies to prevent outbreaks here.

Texas farmers filed an emergency motion to recover $1.4 million owed for grain deliveries by bankrupt Hansen-Mueller Co., citing special agricultural lien protections under bankruptcy code.

Federal prosecutors allege reality TV star Steve McBee fraudulently transferred business assets to his sons to avoid paying $4 million restitution for crop insurance fraud.