Dennis R. Keeney (born July 2, 1937) is an American scientist in soil science and water chemistry.
[2] Keeney became a professor of agronomy, and stayed on as faculty member in soils and water chemistry for more than 20 years.
[6] With the corn ethanol industry rapidly expanding between 2000 and 2005, in what Keeney called "...an "irrational exuberance" trip with biofuels" he was one of few Iowa scientists looking at water consumption.
[7] In 2009, Keeney published his latest peer-reviewed paper on the "Environmental, social, economic, and food issues brought on by the rapidly expanding ethanol-from-corn industry in the United States".
[12] As of 2015[update] he consults as a Senior Fellow for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in Minneapolis and the Department of Soil, Air and Water at the University of Minnesota.
[4] Keeney has published over 140 peer reviewed papers on soil and water quality research.