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11/28/2020
"Without trucks, America stops." Joe Kuchcinski, a truck driver for 46 years, feels as if that line could not be more true. Especially now. During his time on the road, he says things have been differ...
11/27/2020
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) this week released the findings of its 2020 update to “An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking” (Ops Cost). This newest repor...
11/26/2020
Federal regulators are now considering opposing petitions on rulemakings affecting how brokers conduct business in the latest development of a regulatory battle between brokers and independent owner-o...
11/25/2020
A Texas truck driver is continuing his 20-year tradition of donating Thanksgiving meals to those in need thanks to support from the community. Texan and truck driver Darryn Carabeno has been handing o...
11/25/2020
While working in various fields of transportation and logistics, the founding team of Smart Freight Funding saw a need to get carriers paid faster, allowing them to get back on the road. They have a c...
11/24/2020
In February 2020, the U.S. government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) OTR truckload driver count hit an all-time high of 471,000 drivers. The very next month – on March 19 &ndash...
11/24/2020
“Is the United States Government actually holding the ownership of the grain or whatever the trade items are or is there private ownership making the deals and because the trader is a US citizen...
11/23/2020
Following a bipartisan effort led by U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA), the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) took action to ease regulatory ...
11/23/2020
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published an interim final rule clarifying agricultural commodity and livestock definitio...
11/21/2020
As harvest draws to a close in many parts of the Commonwealth, those who live in rural areas may wonder, “what in the world do they do with all of those soybeans?” And that’s a great...
11/20/2020
Frac sand mining has proven to be a boom and bust industry in Trempealeau County. From creating scores of jobs and bringing in millions in revenues to idling plants — local frac sand companies&r...
11/20/2020
FLORENCE S.C. (WPDE) — The trucking industry has played a major role throughout the coronavirus pandemic by transporting the stuff we need. However, officials with the South Carolina Trucking As...
11/20/2020
North American containerized grain shippers are feeling the effects of the tight container market and there’s no relief in sight. “It’s very difficult to get containers to move grain...
11/19/2020
Trucking and freight magazine "Transport Topics" says trucking is providing one of the few bright spots to the U.S. economy. The industry is hiring and pay for vans, flatbeds and refrigerated trucks a...
11/19/2020
Harvest was speeding ahead with temperatures hovering in the 70s until cold rainy weather forced farmers out of the fields. Overnight temperatures dropped down into the teens on some nights, according...
11/18/2020
The initial strike – supported by groups such as StopTheTires2020, Trucker Strike 2020, and truck drivers across other various sectors of the internet – was planned for November 11th as a ...
11/17/2020
Truck driver Robert Palm started a charity nearly seven years ago, Truckers Final Mile, to help desperate trucking families bring their deceased loved ones home who are often thousands of miles away w...
11/17/2020
In times of crisis, a united front is always stronger than fragmentation. A great example of this strength is the ocean carriers and their business strategy during the COVID-19 crisis. But their treme...
11/16/2020
Bulkloads.com is continuing to add features to its bulk freight app as it further builds out its product offering. The company is now making invoicing a key feature of the Bulkloads app to simplify th...
11/14/2020
He says that the customer needs to be crystal clear on what the seller is saying and vice versa. Companies should “have that childlike curiosity to ask those hard-hitting questions,” and b...
11/14/2020
The harvest rush in America’s heartland is subsiding. More than 90% of the country’s corn and soybeans had been picked by November 8th. Crops moved from cart to trailer to grain elevator. ...
11/14/2020
The Green Bay, Wisconsin-based transportation and logistics company’s chief said none of its customers feel good about inventory levels, which gives him confidence that demand will remain high o...
11/14/2020
I’ve been spending a bit of time lately thinking about ways to calculate freight efficiency and happen to be working on some projects with lots of number crunching. The term freight efficiency i...
11/13/2020
ST. LOUIS — Farmers’ Rice Cooperative, a grower-owned rice marketing cooperative with corporate offices located in Sacramento, Calif., has reached an agreement to acquire the Woodland, Cal...
11/13/2020
Barchart, the leader in commodity data, today announces that its flagship commodity trading platform cmdtyView, has been named the Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform by WatersTechnology. The B...
11/12/2020
While the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election are being contested and litigated, another protest has gained momentum. The private Facebook group “Stop the Tires 2020” is calling fo...
11/12/2020
A large co-op travel plaza is set to open in Sheldon, Iowa later this month. The new truck stop and convenience store was announced back in the summer of 2018 and is now nearing completion. The Travel...
11/11/2020
Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) noted on their website on Oct. 23 that shipments of agricultural products by containers are being discontinued by a major shipping line, effective immediately...
11/11/2020
Kenworth and Peterbilt expect to sell a few hundred electric trucks in coming years. They will account for less than 1% of total revenue for parent PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR). But bundling charging un...
11/11/2020
Freight factoring company, Smart Freight Funding, helps trucking companies of all sizes keep their trucks moving by getting paid quicker. Smart Freight Funding works with single truck operations, indi...
11/10/2020
America's Truckin' Network, heard midnight-to-5 a.m. by truckers and night owls across 38 states, was canceled after the station Friday morning let go of Steve Sommers, who had hosted the show since 2...
11/10/2020
The load-to-truck ratio from DAT fell month-over-month across truck modes in October as spot posts decreased by nearly 6% compared to September and truck posts increased by almost 10% compared to Sept...
11/9/2020
The latest in a series of government studies documented a need for 925 truck parking spaces near I-81 in the Roanoke and New River valleys in 2018, but a supply of only 300, for a gap of 625....
11/9/2020
North Dakota Mill, the only state-owned mill in the United States, announced this week that it plans to expand milling capacity to 60,500 hundredweight by adding a 6,000-hundredweight durum unit....
11/7/2020
A truck driver in North Carolina plans to use his newfound earnings to help those he loves after winning the Powerball drawing late last month. Alan Guyton, of Flat Rock, North Carolina, received his ...
11/7/2020
MAUMEE, OHIO, US — The Andersons, Inc. showed improvement in its 2020 third-quarter results compared to 2019. The company sustained a loss of $1.1 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, wh...
11/6/2020
A trucker discusses how he helped bring an Amber Alert to a peaceful end, while another is hit by a truck and lives to tell the tale....
11/5/2020
A second former officer at a Sioux Center, Iowa, ag cooperative has pleaded guilty to taking part in a grain-blending scheme and filing false reports to conceal it. Kenneth Ehrp entered his plea Monda...
11/4/2020
“China has come roaring back from the pandemic,” said Juan Luciano, chief executive of Archer Daniels Midland Co. , on a conference call last week. “Their recovery has surprised ever...
11/4/2020
The stay-at-home economy that developed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted retail, grocery and online sales of Shepherd's Grain flour. "Most of what we built our business on has been 50-...
11/4/2020
The sheriff's office said while several injuries were reported, none were believed to be serious. Kevin Sagehor, the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for the Aurora Coop ...
11/3/2020
Truckers know the fundamental supplies needed to make it through winter weather safely, like chains, insulated winter clothing, additives to prevent fuel gelling, etc. But here are some winter storm s...
11/2/2020
The Stoneridge MirrorEye Camera Monitor system replaces the traditional rear and sideview mirrors with integrated camera monitors to help drivers get a more complete view of the road and truck surroun...
11/2/2020
The owner of Sisic Transport Service, a Woonsocket, Rhode Island, commercial trucking company, recently admitted to a federal court judge that he altered thousands of electronic entries in service log...
11/2/2020
Global grains trader Archer Daniels Midland Co beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profits on Thursday, helped by strength in its grain milling and nutrition businesses. Still, revenue missed ana...
10/31/2020
Bumper corn crops typically signal cheap feed and fat margins for chicken producers in Brazil. Not this year though, as strong exports and increasing demand from the biofuel industry have sent grain p...
10/30/2020
A Thumb area farmer says harvest has been far and away better than last year. Dan Keenan of Merrill tells Brownfield harvest this year is running about on average. “Last year was a disaster and ...
10/30/2020
Oct 28 (Reuters) - Agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd reported a 91% rise in adjusted quarterly profit on Wednesday as strong soy processing margins and robust demand for animal feed and vegeta...
10/29/2020
At a time when the country is so divided over political issues on social media, truck drivers and farmers have banded together to ensure a trucker’s son, who is battling a rare, incurable pediat...
10/29/2020
Three members of the trucking industry who demonstrated courage and selflessness during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic were honored during American Trucking Associations’ Management ...
10/29/2020
Hivemapper, a crowdsourced mapping startup that operates in over 80 countries, recently announced it will expand its collection model (currently focused on aerial images) to include ground-level data ...
10/28/2020
An unusual phone call potentially saved a trailer full of pigs from a sweaty demise in Missouri last week Moberly, Missouri firefighters say that they received a phone call from a concerned truck driv...
10/28/2020
The 2020 seed corn harvest season came to a close last week for the Corteva/Pioneer plant in Toledo. Along with it came a celebration of a milestone for one Tama-Toledo farmer and truck driver. Quenti...
10/27/2020
Hey guys and gals, this show I talk with Mike Wade, founder of Huckleberry's Hammers. We talk about the multi-functional tool he created to help truckers with all types of equipment. This tool is a ne...
10/26/2020
When Chris Sullivan showed up to his first day on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, he was prepared to play Taserface, a badass but humorous alien. He was prepared to be wowed by the sets and by the art...
10/26/2020
Soybean exporters decried a “bombshell” decision by Hapag-Lloyd to suspend liftings of some agricultural shipments in order to rush empty containers back to Asia where they are in short su...
10/24/2020
Over the last 10 years, commercial trucking insurance rates have skyrocketed. Despite those rate increases, however, insurance companies are experiencing losses, which means the transportation insuran...
10/24/2020
Scientists shot a rocket-powered semi truck into a very special prototype truck this summer, all in the name of safely transporting nuclear weapons. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) announced the ex...
10/23/2020
On Sunday morning, a community came together to support, honor, and—above all—offer heartfelt prayers for one of its own. Starting before 10 a.m., people lined up their vehicles near the H...
10/23/2020
Most everyone who’s driven an interstate and glanced up at a trucker behind the wheel has wondered what the job is like. Actually, they might not want to know. Behind the impressive statistics t...
10/23/2020
The last time Overdrive caught up with owner-operator Al Montano in June, the specialized equipment hauler had just spent about $2,000 to outfit his two trucks with the Continental VDO Roadlog ELD sys...
10/23/2020
Dr. Paul Aho talks about corn and ethanol demand during Virtual Poultry Tech Summit Demand for ethanol is likely to decrease in the future, but the ethanol industry will still likely be a challenge fo...
10/22/2020
A 50-year-old grain and beef farmer who lives between Mellette and Conde, Mielke started his corn harvest early this week and has averaged more than 200 bushels per acre so far. And he’s not the...
10/21/2020
The primary reason has been refiners making too much non-jet fuel distillate relative to demand. Diesel is a distillate; so is jet fuel. The result has been that distillate/diesel inventories in the U...
10/20/2020
Elon Musk is expanding the reach of Starlink's Satellite Internet coverages even outside the comforts of one's home to outdoor activities and truck drivers going across states. Starlink's reliable and...
10/20/2020
There is one labor issue keeping trucking executives awake at night, and it concerns the legality of using owner-operators as independent contractors in California and elsewhere. The issue is whether ...
10/19/2020
The "Haulers of Agricultural and Livestock Safety Act" introduced by Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) would provide greater flexibility in transporting grain and livestock by modernizing the agricultural exemp...
10/19/2020
Truck driving is one of the riskiest jobs in the U.S., but the majority of professional drivers get through their careers without being involved in major accidents. The more skilled and safety conscio...
10/19/2020
An explosion at a Riceland facility in Stuttgart on Thursday evening left three workers with minor injuries and caused "significant" damage to a structure, a spokesman for the company said Friday....
10/19/2020
The city of Dallas has finally accepted a bid for the removal of a huge pile of used shingles known as ‘shingle mountain.’...
10/17/2020
The new Kansas Department of Transportation Short Line Rail Fund is part of Governor Kelly’s IKE Program, which will funnel five million dollars towards railway improvements for three years. The...
10/16/2020
Southern Ohio farmer Greg Corcoran says he’s seeing grain quality issues in both corn and soybeans. “The grain is not dried down to where we want to be,” he says. “We planted s...
10/16/2020
Son, daughter of trucking entrepreneur overcome heavy obstacles to drive family business along road to success. Resiliency is vital for business owners, particularly during times that test the mettle ...
10/16/2020
According to the American Truck Business Services’ (ATBS) Mid-Year Independent Contractor Benchmarks and Trends Report, while some aspects of trucking, such as mpg, have improved since June 2019...
10/16/2020
In 1980 Democrats held the presidency and both houses of Congress. The 96th Congress marked a generation in which both the Senate and House had stayed blue. However, the economy overall had suffered t...
10/16/2020
Omaha-based Green Plains Inc. has sold the remaining 50% interest in Green Plains Cattle Co. LLC, for $80 million, according to an announcement from the company. Buyers are a group of investment funds...
10/15/2020
During the early months of the pandemic, when it seemed the whole world had shut down, truckers were still on the road, hauling essentials across the country—even as trucking businesses writ lar...
10/15/2020
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is currently accepting public comment on broker transparency issues — and truckers have not held back in expressing their opinions. From n...
10/14/2020
One fleet found that tankers equipped with brake-activated pulsating lights and steady-burning brake lamps were in 33.7% fewer rear-end collisions than those without the pulsating lights, leading FMCS...
10/13/2020
Dennis Gilbert was driving his flatbed loaded with trees along the New Jersey Turnpike returning to his landscaping company in Piscataway, N.J., when something on the overpass caught his attention. As...
10/12/2020
The council says U.S. exports of grain in all forms reached nearly 101 million metric tons, equivalent to 3.97 billion bushels, by the end of the 2019-20 marketing year....
10/10/2020
GOSHEN, Ind. — Spending 35 years with one company is impressive. For a driver to accomplish that with a transportation company — now that’s almost unheard of. “I got the sense ...
10/10/2020
The patented truck-trailer multi-tool was designed by 40-year truck veteran Mike Wade. With the lives of his fellow trucker community in mind, Mike designed Huckleberry's Hammers to be compact, lightw...
10/9/2020
“Sukup constantly strives push the boundaries of innovation, while maintaining the excellent customer service and high quality that the agriculture industry has come to expect of us as a family ...
10/8/2020
That’s the idea behind Pipeline Foods LLC, a Minneapolis-based company that after only three years is approaching $300 million in gross revenue and counts itself among the top five companies han...
10/7/2020
CHS Community Giving and CHS Animal Nutrition are partnering with Oregon State University (OSU) Extension to provide 50 tons of CHS Payback® and Equis® feed for farmers and ranchers impacted b...
10/6/2020
Elevators such as Premier Co-op’s are limiting access to their lobbies to prevent spreading the coronavirus....
10/6/2020
FUNK, Nebraska — Several farmers in the central Nebraska area were expected to be finishing up what's left of soybean harvest on Sunday.
As beans flow through a local grain elevator, one farmer ...
10/5/2020
For Shane Gray, a farmer from Waverly, it means getting the equipment ready. He also puts together a plan throughout the growing season as far as what levels of moisture you’re willing to cut at...
10/3/2020
A major trucking show planned for next year will not be taking place due to lingering concerns over COVID-19....
10/3/2020
In a long-awaited announcement, the European Union Monday stated it would approve Bayer’s XtendFlex soybeans for import. These multi-biotech traited soybeans feature tolerance to glyphosate, dic...
10/2/2020
Despite a rebound in unemployment, more than 1.3 million people in the trucking industry remain on unemployment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
At its peak, the unemployment rate in Marc...
10/1/2020
The trucking industry is as healthy as it has been since 2017-2018 when the backdrop for carriers was strong, and the existing vigor might be the start of a “multi-year upcycle” for the in...
10/1/2020
Bayer announced today that the European Commission has authorized XtendFlex soybean technology for food, feed, import, and processing in the European Union. This represents the final key authorization...
9/30/2020
Trucking companies are reporting stronger freight demand as retailers and manufacturers move to restock depleted inventories, in a sign of strengthening corporate confidence in the U.S. economy.
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9/29/2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- The fertilizer industry contributed over $130 billion and nearly 500,000 jobs to the U.S. economy in 2019. These are among the many highlights of the Fertilizer Industry Economic Impact...
9/28/2020
When you are hauling heavy materials like sand and cement, every bit of weight savings can significantly impact your bottom line. No one understands that better than Heil Trailer. That’s why thi...
9/26/2020
Washington — A coalition of roadway safety advocacy groups, in conjunction with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administr...
9/26/2020
According to estimates provided by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, more than 57 million bushels of permanently-licensed grain storage were seriously damaged or destroyed in th...
9/25/2020
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule that aims to clarify who’s an employee and who’s an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which could be good ne...
9/25/2020
Working into contracted freight is the goal of many an independent owner-operator looking to grow or increase stability. For most such operators avenues to such freight tend to flow through a brokerag...
9/25/2020
Imagine making a plan to order a new truck — make, model, engine, transmission, even the paint color. Then imagine finding that truck on the lot of your favorite dealer, already built and ready ...
9/24/2020
On Sept. 9, ground was broken for a new $11 million barge loading and unloading terminal along the Missouri River at Mile 680.5 near Blencoe, Iowa, between Council Bluffs and Sioux City. According to ...
9/23/2020
The recent announcement of the sale of 35 operating U.S. grain origination elevators along the Mississippi River from Bunge North America Inc. to Zen-Noh Grain Corp. (ZGC), a subsidiary of the Nationa...
9/23/2020
A group of U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), is asking that Congress not include any increases in liability minimums for commercial truck drivers in the next transportation reauthorizati...
9/23/2020
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) would like to encourage owners of heavy trucks to use an online IRS Form 2290 to avoid penalties for late filing. The NDDOT was recently informed ...
9/22/2020
Life on the road can be challenging for long-haul truckers; they generally work for weeks at a time, sleep in a small area in the cab, and depend on truck stops for the restroom, meals, and showers. B...
9/21/2020
Several trucking companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a Texas-based motor carrier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late last week. FALC Enterprises of El Pa...
9/19/2020
One of the biggest names in the trucking industry houses a unique division of elite truck drivers who get to handle some truly fascinating freight. Specialized Transportation became part of the CRST t...
9/18/2020
The trucking industry is making gains in its fight against the plaintiffs bar and the increasing size of jury verdicts levied against motor carriers, but those in the trenches say the battle is not ov...
9/17/2020
Unlike harvests in recent years, there is stronger export demand from China following the Phase One trade deal in which China agreed to buy as much as $80 billion worth of U.S. agricultural goods over...
9/17/2020
While a previous June waiver extension removed grocery and food loads from regulatory relief eligibility, NGA and its wholesaler members were able to successfully advocate for continued inclusion of f...
9/16/2020
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) hours of service rule has been in the news for several years as the agency has been trying to fine-tune the ...
9/16/2020
In today's episode Jared speaks with Ryan Schreiber of Carrier Direct. They will be talking all about Freight Technology. During the interview Ryan said, "your network is your net worth". They will ex...
9/15/2020
Intent on exposing the biggest crop insurance fraud in U.S. history and hoping to flip a grower to state’s evidence, investigator Don Doles walked across a farm yard toward a Ford pickup parked ...
9/15/2020
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment through Nov. 1 on a proposed pilot program allowing commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators to take one rest break—up t...
9/14/2020
The NEW Cooperative Port of Blencoe will become the northernmost port on the nearly 760-mile span of the Missouri from St. Louis to Sioux City. The co-op hopes to send its first barges loaded with soy...
9/12/2020
A driver competing in the NASCAR cup series this weekend is using the spotlight to remind the public to ‘Thank A Trucker’ in honor of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Quin Hoff wil...
9/11/2020
A group of U.S. Senators have said that small-business truckers and other industries that rely on trucking cannot bear the financial burden of a policy that could end up in the next transportation rea...
9/11/2020
The stuff that you buy in stores - clothes, food, electronics - almost all of it got there on a truck. Long-haul trucking is getting cheaper, and that's good for consumers. It means stuff is cheaper. ...
9/11/2020
“Storm damaged corn is on the ground and it is quickly becoming moldy which creates food safety hazards,” said Charles Hurburgh, professor and grain quality specialist in agricultural and ...
9/10/2020
An FMCSA Federal Register notice requests comments on a new pilot program that would allow 18- to 20-year-old drivers to operate in interstate commerce with some limitations....
9/10/2020
One crop that took priority on the minds of our early settlers was that of grain. It meant their very existence. Wheat was both feed and flour for their homes, barley and oats for both themselves and ...
9/10/2020
FARMINGTON, Utah — Heavy winds are forcing authorities to advise drivers to stay off the road in Northern Utah no matter what kind of vehicles they are using. The Utah Department of Transportati...
9/9/2020
They’re called “skyscrapers of the prairie,” and we see them every day. But how many of us know their history and how they work? Before elevators, those moving grains such as wheat, ...
9/8/2020
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9/7/2020
Vietnam veteran Jim Garhart’s 50-year trucking career came to an abrupt halt in June after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer while in the hospital following a bad tractor-trailer crash....
9/5/2020
Leading trucking executives and analysts say they are pleasantly surprised by the strength in freight demand coming out of the COVID-19-induced economic shutdown in early summer. It’s slightly b...
9/5/2020
Crystal Valley, a leading farm supply and grain marketing cooperative in the Upper Midwest, announced today that it has acquired Shell Rock Ag Inc., located in Hayward, MN. Shell Rock Ag, Inc. has pro...
9/4/2020
Manning Grain’s capacity hovers around 5 million bushels. Two new storage structures are under construction; one will hold 350,000 bushels, the other over 1 million bushels. As a long-running bu...
9/4/2020
"Whether it is a hurricane or a pandemic, trucks and truckers are among the very first to respond – delivering comfort in the form of life's essentials," said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. ...
9/3/2020
Making a living isn’t easy in farm country. It takes perseverance and adaptability, two traits that owner-operator Zac Cooper has in abundance. “I pull a flatbed, cattle trailer and hopper...
9/3/2020
The long-term employment outlook for truckers is looking worse than it did last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest employment projections. On Tuesday, Sept. 1, the U.S. De...
9/3/2020
Bob Wollenman views his business as in the right place for opportunity, Deluxe Truck Stop at a critical junction in the agricultural support system without always being thought of as such. "We conside...
9/2/2020
After decades on the road, a truck driver tells FOX 13 News he's never seen anything like the recent string of random shootings on Interstate 4 and Interstate 75 in Florida....
9/2/2020
As autonomous trucking edges closer to market, technology providers and their potential customers are testing competing strategies for how driverless big rigs could help them make money in the real wo...
9/2/2020
OTR Risk Management says that they will donate $50 for every Auto Liability policy they they write to two of the nation’s most notable trucking charities — St. Christopher Truckers Relief ...
9/1/2020
Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) up and to the right — sound familiar? OTVI surged to another record high this week and carriers are now rejecting one in four contracted loads across the coun...
8/31/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced food companies, along with trucking and relief groups, to pivot to how they normally respond to natural disasters like Hurricane Laura. Tyson Foods (NYSE:TNS) is provi...
8/31/2020
Drugmakers have been racing to build supply chains for their coronavirus vaccine candidates, finding manufacturing sites and ordering specialized production equipment. As some drugs advance to final-s...
8/29/2020
Interstate Commodities filed for bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Albany Wednesday looking to save a family business that at one time sold more than 30 commodities around the world, o...
8/29/2020
Four major updates to hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers take effect on Sept. 29, changing how long-haul drivers are required to take breaks and extending the distance short-haul drivers ca...
8/29/2020
Hurricane Laura made landfall around 1 a.m. Central time Thursday as a Category 4 storm along the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Louisiana border. As a result, highways and truck stops in the region are cl...
8/28/2020
US scrap consumers and dealers are struggling with rising trucking costs and dropped loads as the country's trucking capacity recovers from Covid-19-related disruptions and overall freight demand boun...
8/27/2020
An explosion occurred at a grain elevator in Royal on Tuesday afternoon. Clay County Sheriff Chris Raveling says the explosion happened around 3:15pm Tuesday at the Ag Partners Elevator. According to ...
8/27/2020
ARKANSAS — Hurricane Laura is expected to sweep through most of Arkansas by Friday, just as harvest nears for several major crops across the state. In a release from the University of Arkansas D...
8/26/2020
Pilot Flying J, Love’s and TravelCenters of America have all implemented a nationwide face-covering policy at their travel plazas following urgings from NATSO and the CDC....
8/25/2020
ETOWAH, N.C. (WGHP) — Truck driver Timothy Tucker, of Etowah, says winning Sunday’s $480,592 Cash 5 jackpot “was a shocker,” according to an NC Education Lottery news release. ...
8/24/2020
For almost 40 years, the crop was brought to Farmers Grain and Stock and later Hansen-Mueller’s elevator in Menno. Those soybeans will be delivered elsewhere this fall. The elevator closed at th...
8/22/2020
Raymond Wolcott, 34, entered the plea to felony theft and was found guilty earlier this month, the Kearney Hub reported. Prosecutors said Wolcott forged Johnson Trucking checks and deposited more than...
8/21/2020
“In addition to providing the largest bulk truck freight marketplace to procure carriers, our BulkTMS platform (bulktms.com) provides traders and merchandisers a simple way to manage everything ...
8/21/2020
Like a lot of Texans, sometimes when he’s out and about Jorge Chavez is just looking for a little Chick-fil-A. Finding it when you’re behind the wheel of a big rig is harder than one might...
8/20/2020
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will be seeking public comment on proposed plans to increase transparency in freight broker transactions. In a document to be published in the F...
8/19/2020
A trucking company has filed a complaint after they were allegedly charged more than $18,000 for a tow in Chicago, Illinois. The complaint was filed by Ontario trucking company RoadStar Carrier Inc. o...
8/19/2020
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is not to rely too heavily on the patterns and connections that helped us understand the world around us prior to the outbreak. While some connectio...
8/18/2020
Dee King has a fleet of 165 tractors and 275 trailers. Its customers include the massive JBS Beef meatpacking plant north of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and Tyson Foods in Amarillo. It hauled 36,0...
8/18/2020
98-pound mother unable to lift a 100-pound milk can onto a railroad station platform inspired the birth of one of Canada’s largest trucking companies. Jack McCaig’s mother was late hauling...
8/17/2020
Indiana-based agricultural cooperatives Co-Alliance, LLP and Harvest Land Cooperative announced an agreement to pursue a merger....
8/17/2020
Brad Dircks, and his wife Lisa, knew the storm Monday was going to be bad. “The weatherman came on and said, ‘Boy, this storm sure looks like a derecho thunderstorm. It reminds me a lot of...
8/14/2020
Owners of most heavy highway vehicles of their responsibility have until August 31, 2020, to file Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return, for vehicles used on the road during July. The highwa...
8/14/2020
Based on August 1 conditions, North Dakota’s 2020 spring wheat crop is forecast at 281 million bushels, down 4% from last year, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Ser...
8/14/2020
A bill in the Ohio Senate would address a proclaimed “driver shortage” in the trucking industry. The Senate Ways and Means Committee recently held the first hearing on a bill to aid motor ...
8/13/2020
Barchart, a leading provider of market data and technology services to the financial, media and commodity industries, has announced a new exclusive partnership with BulkLoads.com, the largest online b...
8/13/2020
This is the third part in a multi-part series exploring the costs and viability of fuel cell technology as an alternative to diesel-powered Class 8 trucks. See the rest of series at this link. Hydroge...
8/12/2020
The storms forecast to reach Chicago and southeastern Wisconsin by the afternoon had already pummeled parts of Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois with 100 mph winds, weather officials said. Over 400,000 home...
8/11/2020
LB931, sponsored by Sen. Steve Halloran, will allow farmers to transport grain while exceeding previous weight limits by 15% and length limits by 10% to transport grain outside of harvest season. &ldq...
8/10/2020
Shippers are struggling with a volatile freight market for the second time in three short years as carriers are rejecting load tenders at rates not seen since the middle of 2018, the mythical anomaly ...
8/10/2020
Indiana-based agricultural cooperatives Co-Alliance, LLP and Harvest Land Cooperative announced on Thursday an agreement to pursue a merger. “This merger will offer exceptional opportunities to ...
8/8/2020
Life on the road has become a lot tougher since the 1980s, when Schumpeter spent a year driving a battered old lorry with several tonnes of four-hooved cargo around the western United States. The cab ...
8/7/2020
OOIDA Executive Vice President Lewie Pugh began his career in trucking in 1994. Most of the industry’s major problems and concerns during that time still exist today. “All of these issues ...
8/6/2020
Trucking industry lobbyists are pushing legislators to temporarily halt the federal excise tax on new truck purchases and the annual Heavy Vehicle Use Tax levied against most Class 8 vehicles in the U...
8/6/2020
Put him in a room with a white board and accompanying problem, and watch as the scribbles explode—the issues are defined, previous business protocols are challenged, and big ideas are bulleted...
8/5/2020
Marubeni reported weaker financial results from its agricultural business during the first quarter of its fiscal year because of weaker profits from subsidiary Gavilon. Total revenue generated by the ...
8/5/2020
Barglof, who farms near Burt, Iowa, balances time between farming and his job at Raven Industries, a precision ag company based out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. When he wanted to build a new grain sy...
8/4/2020
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) officials are urging Congress to suspend the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT) for one year as a means of providing economic relief to small-business ...
8/3/2020
The company reported net income of $3 billion in its fiscal year through May, up 17% from the previous year and its fourth-highest ever, according to audited accounts reviewed by Bloomberg News. Cargi...
8/3/2020
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - North Dakota has a truck-driver shortage. According to state lawmakers, the answer isn't the size of the workforce; it's the size of the trucks. Which is why they're working on...
8/1/2020
Officials from Archer Daniels Midland Co. confirmed on July 30 that two of the company’s dry mill ethanol plants remain idle. The company is taking a data-driven approach to determining a restar...
8/1/2020
Momentum has seemingly continued for the freight recovery that began in late May, in some ways bucking seasonal trends as spot market freight and rates haven’t seen the usual June-to-July drop o...
7/31/2020
Several flatbed carriers and two of the nation's top freight brokerages are among the major unsecured creditors owed thousands after the lumber supplier filed bankruptcy on July 27....
7/31/2020
July 29 (Reuters) - U.S. grains merchant Archer Daniels Midland Co on Wednesday posted a second-quarter profit that doubled from a year earlier, boosted by growth in its nutrition and agricultural ser...
7/31/2020
If truck driver Lynn Jackson passes you on the road, we promise you’ll take notice. That’s because he’ll be the guy in the acid green and velvet purple Peterbilt dubbed “The Jo...
7/30/2020
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has waived certain regulations related to commercial trucking in the state of Texas. These suspensions will allow commercial drivers to more quickly deliver supplie...
7/29/2020
PT Corporation would like to announce the internal promotion for two of its own. As of Monday, July 20, 2020 Matt Kositzky and John Powell will assume their new roles as Director of Operations and Dir...
7/28/2020
The Three Gorges Dam, which is nearly 1.5 miles long and taller than the Washington Monument, was strategically placed on the Yangtze River in China’s Hubei province to control flooding and gene...
7/28/2020
It’s been the scourge of trucking for decades, chipping away at carrier revenues. Yet, many fleets don’t have reliable data on how bad the problem of empty miles is. Nor do many of them ha...
7/27/2020
The advisory – a copy of which has been circulated among various media – follows best-practices advice from private industry warning on the potential security vulnerability of ELDs and other technolog...
7/25/2020
After a years-long court battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court, a Missouri-based trucking giant is settling two class-action suits with its truck drivers, said a court filing from Monday....
7/25/2020
Elon Musk has confirmed Tesla’s plan to build its electric semi truck, the Tesla Semi, at its upcoming new factory in Austin. At the unveiling of the Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that ...
7/24/2020
SACRAMENTO – Over the last few months, commercial drivers have made it possible for essential businesses to receive the supplies they need. Thanks to the California Department of Motor Vehicles,...
7/23/2020
FMCSA’s final rule on hours of service offers four revisions to the existing HOS rules, which are as follows: Flexibility has been added for the 30-minute break rule by requiring a break after 8...
7/22/2020
FarmInsect co-founder Wolfgang Westemeier doesn’t want to sell farmers insect meal. He wants to see farmers around the world do what they do best, and start raising insects of their own. The 2-y...
7/20/2020
Impacts on farm supply and marketing cooperatives from the past three years of agricultural trade upheaval, industry consolidation and four months of a global virus pandemic are as varied as America&r...
7/20/2020
Professional drivers considering whether to become owner-operators need to collect savvy information for the basis of their decision. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association wants to help. ...
7/20/2020
John McGee of Simsboro, Louisiana, began driving truck in 1985, buying his first one and going into business for himself six years later. He got his start hauling for a brother-in-law’s logging ...
7/20/2020
Burdensome regulations under the guise of safety plague the trucking industry, causing some of the safest drivers to leave. If safety advocates really want safety, keeping experienced drivers in the s...
7/19/2020
A change to the HOS laws, which affect how truck drivers use their ELDs, will save serious dough for taxpayers, says the Trump administration. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP...
7/18/2020
WHAT is a farmer? Those of us with any remote connection to agriculture know the urbanised stereotype of flannelette shirt, overalls, gumboots, battered Akubra and maybe even a token pitchfork, is a l...
7/18/2020
Hyundai has begun shipping fuel-cell based heavy duty trucks to face off against battery-electric trucks in the commercial hauling market. Battery electric vehicles, more commonly known as electric ca...
7/17/2020
One of the biggest action movie stars of all time crafted a new video to recognize American truckers for answering their country’s call and keeping the nation supplied during the Coronavirus cri...