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Westgate/Sumner, Iowa (KWWL) - Days after a farmer loses his wife, Diane Buhr, in a car accident, the community pitches in so he can finish his harvest. Neighbor and friend, Brad Brownell, says in his Facebook post, "The combines, grain carts and semis rolled in to finish harvesting the corn crop that was still standing in the field. Within 24 hours of the accident happening, the last of the 200 acres of corn was being finished up." It's a beautiful example of Iowans helping Iowans during tim

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Smaller than expected grain deliveries in WA and SA have some tipping further cuts in Australia's 2019 winter crop estimates. ABARES recently cut its forecast for Australia's 2019 wheat crop to 15.8 million tonnes, down 8 per cent from last year's decade-small harvest, but further cuts are anticipated. Some traders are now saying the crop is expected to fall below 15mt as ideas of the WA and SA crops erode. Grain deliveries in WA and SA are already tailing away with total receivals well short

Are shippers ready for the next phase of the US electronic logging device (ELD) mandate? They should be, but if past history is any guide, they may not be the case. Those shipping freight across the United States need to plan, even at the last minute, for potential disruption, even if that disruption is minor. The provision of the ELD mandate that grandfathered automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) for two years expires Monday. All truckers that had AOBRDs will be expecte

ST. LOUIS Bunge has launched a new tool that enables customers in North America to receive real-time snapshots of grain prices while creating cash grain contracts online and on-the-go 24-hours a day. We know that pricing precision matters when farmers are deciding when to sell their crop and typical services have delays of 10 minutes or more, said Rob Huston, customer solutions and services manager for Bunge in North America. With Real-Time Snapshots, users can se

On Monday morning, Travis Brunner sold 400,000 bushels of wheat and soybeans for clients of his Sunrise AgriBusiness Solutions LLC. We sold half in Colorado and the other half was scattered throughout Kansas, said Brunner, owner and CEO of Sunrise. The wheat went to a flour mill, and the beans went to a soy crush plant and a local elevator. Helping farmers in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Texas to sell their farm commodities is one of the services that Sunrise off

Trucking transports every imaginable good from one place to another. More than 70% of freight by weight in the U.S. is moved by trucks, according to an American Trucking Association survey. That added up to almost 12 billion tons in 2018. The next most common transportation methods for freight are rail, vessel, air, and pipeline, which, added together, dont come close to the weight that trucks move, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

When the U.S. ethanol industry was booming, Indiana farmer Paul Hodgen made good money selling about a quarter of his crop to a local facility that produced the corn-based fuel.

WEST LAFAYETTE - A Brazil-based precision agriculture company has made its decision to move its global headquarters to the United States official. As first reported last month by Inside INdiana Business, Solinftec plans to relocate its entire operations to the Purdue Research Park, where it had already established its U.S. headquarters. Solinftec Chief Executive Officer Rodrigo lafelice dos Santos made the original announcement to Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick during the AgriNovus I

Like the holiday season, self-driving technology breakthroughs can often solicit a Damn, its already here? reaction. And the news of a self-driving semi truck driving across the country without any disengagementstimes that a human safety driver had to interveneshould do just that.

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump signed off on a so-called phase-one trade deal with China, averting the Dec. 15 introduction of a new wave of U.S. tariffs on about $160 billion of consumer goods from the Asian nation, according to people familiar with the matter.

If you could write a letter to yourself when you first started farming, what would you say? This question, posed by Sarah Beth Aubrey, CEO of ACT, is the perfect place to start your farms leadership transition. You know you cant go back, and you dont get the knowledge you have now for free, she says. But, do you realize how valuable your experiences are and how you can influence the future now?

Of the 3,000 women surveyed, 75% of them are leaders at a local level; 98% said they have the skills, knowledge and experience to fill leadership roles in ag; and 91% want to see more women in industry leadership roles. ( American Farm Bureau Federation survey )

Dry containers are available in 20 and 40 sizes and are manufactured either from steel or aluminum. These containers are suitable for numerous types of cargo. Dry containers are totally enclosed and weatherproof, with rigid side walls, rigid roofs, and floors. At least one of the end walls is equipped with doors to facilitate the transport of a variety of cargo. These containers can carry all types of dry goods, including ready-to-wear clothing, textiles, consumer

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COGSWELL, N.D. Usually the combines are parked for the winter this time of year on the Bosse Farm as the crop is usually out by Nov. 1. However, they are still trying to get at 600 more acres of corn. "I love farming, but it makes it harder to love it with the conditions we have had this week," said Bruce Bosse. The Bosse family has been farming for 50 years in Sargent County, and can't remember a harvest this miserable with the wet fall and now several days of sub-zero temperatures.

On Dec. 16, the freight industry takes another technology-driven step forward with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) mandated implementation of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) on all trucks, even those that had been running the last-generation Automatic On-Board Recording Devices (AOBRDs). With the expectation that all trucks on the road will have these devices, the deadline to install ELDs has been pushed back a few times over the years, as issues with connectivity,

Look for U.S. farmers to plant a large soybean crop next spring. In fact, USDA pegs the 2020 crop at 84 million acres, which would make it the fourth-largest soybean crop on record. Todd Hubbs says the number of soybean acres planted could total even morecloser to 85.4 million. His forecast is based on current market prices for soybeans, the outlook for other cropsincluding corn, cotton, wheat and small grainsrotational practices and various economic models.

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If you happen to live in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, some 50 miles outside of Philadelphia, your next stick of creamy butter just may have been delivered via self-driving freight truck. It's believed to be the first time an autonomous freight vehicle has made a cross-country trip, let alone a commercial delivery. Plus.ai, the company behind the self-driving technology, announced the news on Tuesday. The company has only been around since 2016, so this is a particularly interesting feat.

Iowa farmers who need propane to dry their grain, as well as to keep their livestock and homes warm, will soon be seeing relief from the recent shortage of the fuel. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, has approved two pipeline tariff amendments aimed at boosting Midwest propane supplies. Iowa Propane and Gas Association CEO Deb Grooms says the ruling will help provide adequate propane to Iowa customers.

An SAE-Level-4 autonomous truck recently completed a coast-to-coast commercial freight run hauling refrigerated freight for Land OLakes. The 2,800-mile, hub-to-hub trip from Tulare, California, to Quakertown, Pennsylvania, was completed in less than three days, hauling a fully-loaded refrigerated trailer of perishable cargo.

Indiana-based trucking company Celadon Group, which filed for bankruptcy Monday, is the latest in a string of company closings that have made 2019 a particularly painful year for the industry.

A new trucking and equipment facility coming to a south Mississippi city is expected to bring about 22 jobs to the area. Stribling Equipment is partnering with Empire Trucks to expand their facility in Natchez, officials for Natchez Inc. announced on Monday. The new, 36,000-square-foot (3,345-square-meter) building will include sales, parts and service for equipment companies such as John Deere and Hitachi as well as trucking companies Freightliner and Western Star, company officials said. Th

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its Dec. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report projected the carryover of all wheat on June 1, 2020, at 974 million bushels, down 40 million bushels, or 3.9%, from the November projection, down 106 million bushels, or 10%, from 1.080 billion bushels in 2019 and the lowest in five years. Corn and soybean 2020 carryover forecasts were unchanged from November.

An Indiana trucking company with nearly 4,000 employees said Monday that it filed for bankruptcy and will shut down all operations, just days after two former officials were charged in an accounting fraud scheme.The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Indianapolis-based Celadon Group left more than 3,000 drivers jobless and, in many cases, stranded across the U.S. after their company gas cards were cancelled, according to local media reports. Another 500 administrative jobs are expected to be eli

The movie The Irishman, along with Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmiths new book on Jimmy Hoffa , is renewing interest in Hoffa, the Teamsters, and trucking. One theme of the book is that truck driving, in the decades after World War II, often served as a solid middle class jobenabling truckers to be homeowners and/or support a family on one income.

American Trucking Associations leaders hailed an agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada that paves the way for USMCAs ratification in Congress. Now with a clear path to USMCAs ratification, this is an historic victory for truck drivers, motor carriers and the entire American economy, said ATA President Chris Spear. The vast majority of trade in North America moves on truck, with $772 billion worth of goods crossing our borders with Mexico an

From the promise of new jobs to hot showers, meals, and a place to rest, Good Samaritans of all stripes are gathering on a Facebook group formed in the wake of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Celadon Group trucking company.

With a couple of weeks still remaining for yet another year of a rollercoaster ride in the dry bulk market, analysts are pondering whether 2020 will be any better. In a recent report, Allied Shipbroking said that the uncertainty witnessed this year in the iron ore trade has been extraordinary making for a very volatile freight market for the Capesize sector, which varied wildly from a low of US$3,460 to a high of US$38,014 in the year so far. However, the improvement being witnessed si

It was at the Kidmin Conference in 2017 when a 12-year-old Carson Rudy walked outside of the First Assembly of God in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and saw the large Convoy of Hope (COH) semi-truck and trailer in the parking lot. Looking up to his father, he asked, How much do you think one of those cost? A dream was born.

The Future Farms Youth Club of Sardis celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the community tunnel house over the weekend. The Tunnel House, a semi-circular structure constructed of steel and covered in polyurethane, will be used by the Future Farms Youth Club to grow organic vegetables that the youngsters will be able to sell at their very own farmers market.

DES MOINES The Iowa Area Development Group, on behalf of Iowas rural electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, and independent telecommunication companies, honored Iowa Select Farms with the Outstanding Business of the Year Iowa Venture Award. Iowa Select Farms, headquartered in Iowa Falls, is the fourth-largest pork producer in the world and the largest family-owned production company in the U.S. It markets over four million hogs and 1.5 billion pounds of pork

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BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, U.S. Miller Milling Co. is closing its flour mill in New Prague, Minnesota, U.S., at the end of December. This decision was very difficult, given the quality and long-serving tenure of New Pragues employees, said Takuya Mitani, chief executive officer. However, this step is necessary so Miller Milling can focus its attention and investment on expanding the business of its other mills.

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA GrainsConnect Canada and GrainCorp launched their online optimization and farm management tool, the GrainsConnect app. Developed as a free tool, the app has been built to support area growers in their work and allow them to make

A federal appeals court has backed the trucking industry in its legal fight to end Rhode Island's truck tolls. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday reversed a lower court ruling to dismiss the suit. The lower court in March said the case should be heard in state court. The appeals court said the tolls Rhode Island started charging on its highways last year are not state taxes protected under federal law from federal court review.

Its not often that popular culture, American history and trucking all combine to captivate the country. But they have in the new movie, The Irishman. I must confess that I had no idea what it was about before seeing it recently. I love Al Pacino (who doesnt?), and this being another of director Martin Scorseses quasi-mob movies, following Goodfellas and Casino, and with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci back to intimidate everyone in si

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S. ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), opened a new Animal Nutrition Technology Center in Decatur, Illinois, U.S. The facility builds upon ADMs goal of creating innovation in animal nutrition,

Some 2,800 miles from Sacramento, where California lawmakers are fresh off enacting a bill that effectively blocks motor carriers from contracting with owner-operators, state lawmakers in Trenton, New Jersey, are considering nearly identical legislation.

Families of Canadians who have died in collisions with semi-trucks are demanding the B.C. government catch up with other provinces that have improved trucker training. Ginny Hunter lost her 18-year-old step-son, Logan, in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. Pattie Fair lost her husband, Steve Babij, when an inexperienced semi-truck driver lost control and collided with Babijs semi-truck near Revelstoke in 2017. On Thursday, the two met with Attorney-General David Eby, who is respon

Winter truck load increases will begin just after midnight Monday on unrestricted state highways in the north and north-central frost zone, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The frost zones can be found on the MnDOT load limits map. Vehicles will be allowed to operate up to 10 percent over the standard legal maximum loads on unrestricted highways during the winter load increase period. However, trucks must comply with current registration weight laws and not exceed regi

The immediate future of autonomous vehicles won't be about cars, but about fleets of self-driving trucks, which are set to fuel another revolution in transportation. "The shippers are looking for and investing in that, and transportation operators are looking to take friction and cost out," says Scott Corwin, leader of Deloitte's global future of mobility practice. Levels of autonomous driving go from zero to five--from adaptive cruise control to complete, driverless autonomy. Today, fleets c

Its Oct. 31, nearly 8 p.m. So far, no trick-or-treaters. We rarely get those on the farm. Its disappointing. But, for perspective, its not nearly as disappointing as having crop still standing on the field. Which, you guessed it, we do. Its a first for this farm, according to my parents. Never, in their memory, has this farm been unable to harvest a crop in the same calendar year in which it was grown. While the jury is still out on whether well be able to g

GROWMARK and Mid-Iowa Cooperative announced an agreement for GROWMARK to acquire the agronomy and energy assets of Mid-Iowa Cooperative. The transaction is expected to close by mid-December and is expected to leverage the companies strengths to serve local farmers more effectively.

If you were to ask most market participants which commodity is the most political, the vast majority would likely choose crude oil. More than half the world's petroleum reserves are in the Middle East, which is the most politically turbulent area on the earth. Crude oil continues to power lives around the globe, even with the trend towards cleaner fuels that leave less of a carbon footprint.

Poultry feed is food for farm poultry, including chickens, ducks, geese and other domestic birds. Modern feeds for poultry consists largely of grain, protein supplements such as soybean oil meal, mineral supplements, and vitamin supplements. The quantity of feed, and the nutritional requirements of the feed, depend on the weight and age of the poultry, their rate of growth, their rate of egg production, the weather (cold or wet weather causes higher energy expenditure), and the amount of nutr

Miller Milling announced in a press release on Wednesday, Dec. 4, that it is closing the New Prague Mill at the end of this month. This decision was very difficult, given the quality and long-serving tenure of New Pragues employees. However, this step is necessary so Miller Milling can focus its attention and investment on expanding the business of its other mills, said Takuya Mitani, Miller Millings CEO in the press release. The age of the mill, which was first es

Fleets remain extremely cautious heading into 2020, placing small orders and not extending orders much beyond the first quarter. A couple OEMs reported decent order activity, but total orders fell below expectations. Class 8 orders for the past 12 months now total 180,000 units.

As thousands of U.S. family farms close each year, the young couple is fighting for the future of agriculture by not only successfully operating their own farm, but also leading efforts to strengthen the industry through lobbying, teaching, and mentoring. For their efforts, Braden and Jordan have been named finalists in Texas Farm Bureaus 2019 Young Farmer & Rancher contest at the state convention Friday and Saturday.

Its been a tough year for the trucking business. And the outlook for next year isnt looking any rosier. Despite a growing economy, many truckers continued to struggle with lower than desired shipping rates and shipment levels. Tariffs took their toll, manufacturing continued to contract and the closely watched Cass Freight Index which measures North American freight volumes and expenditures logged yet another decline, its eleventh in a row, this October. Not only

Grain elevators face significant challenges in the year ahead as they buy basis on corn, soybeans and wheat at the highest levels seen in years, according to a new report. CoBank reports basis for the three major grains is significantly tighter across the country from strong end-user bids, limited pipeline supplies, and lack of farmer selling amid an uncertain fall harvest. A CoBank researcher says, grain elevators are being compelled to offer farmers a range of incentives to sell bush

PEMISCOT COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - A cotton farmer, a firefighter, and a widow are all praising an effort to equip first responders in Missouris bootheel with new equipment for rescuing people trapped in grain bins.Matt Pierces family has been farming in Pemiscot county for more than 150 years. This year a third of Pierces crop is rice, which he stores in large on-farm grain gins.There are close to 450-grain bins just in Pemiscot county, with a total storage capacity of