Steve Davies

A major biodiesel retailer has agreed to pay a $27 million fine and retire renewable fuel credits worth $71 million to resolve alleged violations of the Renewable Fuel Standard program. The penalty is the largest in the history of EPAÀs fuels programs.

The Clean Power Plan finally got its day in court Tuesday, and you needed a scorecard to tell who the players were

Bayer CropScience has decided to drop any further attempts to challenge cancellation of its registration for the insecticide flubendiamide, which it had sold under the trade name Belt.

Hundreds of thousands of corn growers may participate in a class-action lawsuit against Syngenta for selling genetically modified seed with a trait that had not been approved by China. The plaintiffs, who did not use the GMO corn known as Agrisure Viptera and Duracade, claim that b

The Fish and Wildlife Service s decision to delist the gray wolf in Wyoming relied too much on the state s word that it would maintain a viable population of wolves within its borders, an attorney for environmental groups told a panel of federal judges last week.

A newly discovered non-Bt protein could be a solution for farmers struggling with corn rootworm resistance to existing Bt corn varieties, DuPont scientists report. In a paper published Thursday in the journal Science, DuPont Pioneer researchers detailed their findings, which Ne

China has lifted its 13-year-old ban on imports of U.S. beef, clearing the way for negotiations between the two countries on the specific conditions that will allow trade to resume.

Should seeds coated with neonicotinoids be regulated as pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)?

The rusty patched bumble bee is one step closer to becoming the first bee in the continental United States to be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

USDAðs Pesticide Data Program is looking for help from the agricultural industry in explaining to the public that the food supply is safe.