Michigan farmer Michael Stamp was sentenced to eight years in prison this week. A federal indictment filed in 2017 accused Stamp of federal crop insurance fraud and bankruptcy fraud.

In the Trump Administration’s final hours, the EPA granted two small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and appears to have reversed a previous denial.

In summary, the lawsuit alleges crop input manufacturers, large wholesalers and retailers have created an unfair market for farmers.

So far, much of the country has escaped January’s usual bitter cold temperatures.

Verdesian’s management team, including President and CEO Kenny Avery, will continue to lead the Company following the close of the transaction.

Marjin Dekkers, former CEO of Bayer Ag and CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, joins AgBiome as the company chairman, effective Jan. 1, 2021. AgBiome develops products from microbes that target pest control.