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One of the biggest myths in trucking is that its a completely deregulated industry. Its true that, economically, it has been deregulated in interstate commerce since the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, but it remains one of the most tightly regulated sectors in areas of safety, environmental pollution, driver standards and other areas of societal concern.

CN today announced it reached an agreement to acquire The TransX Group of Cos., one of Canadas largest and oldest transportation companies. TransX provides various transportation and logistics services, including intermodal, truckload, less than truckload and specialized services. The 55-year-old company will continue to be based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and operate independently, CN officials said in a press release.

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Trade standoff with China prompts U.S. agriculture to shift from soybeans, potentially boosting seed makers Bayer, DowDuPont and Syngenta

New regulation has passed in both Houses of Congress with near-unanimous bipartisan votes. The legislation comes after DHS failed to provide hair testing protocols for 3 years since the 2015 FAST Act, which allowed the FMCSA to start accepting hair sample drug tests for truck drivers. First, the Department of Homeland Security must provide guidelines for how those tests should be implemented, as well as why they have been delayed, and then develop a schedule for when it plans to complete them. T

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S. Archer Daniels Midland Company, Bunge Limited, Cargill, Incorporated, and Louis Dreyfus Company are investigating ways to standardize and digitize global agricultural shipping transactions for the benefit of the entire industry. The companies also seek broad-based industry participation to promote global access and adoption.

An employees intentional misconduct led CHS Inc. to appear to be more profitable than it was, possibly for as long as four years, the company said this week.

The trucking industry is booming, and small carriers are potentially the biggest benefactors. Looking to the U.S., small fleets are growing while larger fleets are not. Speaking at Newcoms Surface Transportation Summit Oct. 10, Stifel Financial Corp.s David Ross pointed out that small fleets are increasing revenue, while larger fleets are seeing a decline.

But lead agency for commercial vehicle safety says autonomous trucking will serve drivers well and make industry better.

DOTHAN - Hurricane Michael caused more than $200 million in agriculture damage across Southeastern Alabama, dealing a severe blow to farmers still uncertain about what disaster assistance may come their way. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System estimates about $100 million in damage occurred in Houston County alone, primarily to cotton crops, but also peanuts, poultry, livestock, fruit, vegetables, and timber. The storm affected every portion of Wiregrass agriculture,

The statistics are alarming: a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers today, and perhaps 100,000 or more in just a few short years. There are those who believe the shortage is related to compensation and not a lack of willing drivers, but whatever the reason is, trucking companies are struggling to fill seats. Its repeated each quarter by CEOs in their earnings reports and the American Trucking Associations notes it regularly as well.

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The comment period for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the financial responsibility of freight brokers and forwarders will expire on Nov. 26.

ENID, Okla., Oct. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Groendyke Transport, Inc. and McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc. (MTL) signed a purchase agreement late Wednesday for Groendyke to acquire all the tank truck assets of MTL. The companies anticipate a closing date of Jan. 1, 2019.

Brown paddocks and failed crops are common images of drought. But the extended dry is hitting just as hard in hen houses, piggeries and dairies as grain prices soar. Farmers are being force to sell or cull their stock because they can't afford to feed them.

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While a federally-imposed carbon tax might help the environment, its doing nothing to help small businesses and other industries in the province, stakeholders said Tuesday.

Trucking companies could owe employee truck drivers pay for every hour spent on the job, including sleeping breaks required by law, under a new court ruling. The ruling by the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville, Ark., came in an ongoing wage lawsuit against P.A.M. Transport Inc. Issued Friday, it said federal labor laws, not safety rules, should be used to tally for how many hours of work an employee truck driver must be paid.

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Drier weather and a few more barges, please. Those are the prayers managers of Lewistons two new grain elevators at the Port of Lewiston have been sending up this week through dripping, overcast skies. Between the two of them, they have more than 1.3-million bushels of wheat stored on the ground in three piles. At $4 a bushel, that represents more than $5 million. Some of it is sprouting around the edges near the ground. And only one barge is in sight a big one due here for Coast

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Traffic congestion on the U.S. National Highway System added nearly $74.5 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2016, a 0.5 percent increase over 2015, according to research released today by the American Transportation Research Institute. In this latest Cost of Congestion analysis, ATRI utilized a variety of data sources including its unique truck GPS database to calculate delay on just the NHS totaling nearly 1.2 billion hours of

Demurrage is arguably one of the most disputed contract terms in the transportation industry. The application of smart contracts could address many of the issues that make demurrage claims costly and inefficient, providing the industry can reconcile the technology with the uncertainties of the physical supply chain.

By Farm Progress staff From combine heads that help you capture more crop in the field to grain dryers that work quietly and efficiently, new products introduced at recent farm shows prove companies that specialize in products for harvest and grain handling are on the cutting edge. Theyre introducing new models and new concepts that can help you put more quality grain in the truck and the bin and do it more efficiently and cost-effectively than in the past.

Monwar Hossain Russel started working as a helper of a truck driver back in 2003.

The results indicate that our life choices, as opposed to our genetic makeup, may play a larger role in our health and lifespan.

Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao on efforts to address the truck driver shortage in America. Americas economy is thriving, but there is only one real problem its facing a truck driver shortage, according to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao. Who would of thought it would be this robust an economy, she said on Wednesday to FOX Business Stuart Varney. And we are having a shortage of skilled drivers a

Uber Technologies Inc., in its ongoing quest to move beyond its unprofitable business of connecting drivers with passengers, is adding a new tractor-trailer rental business to help big-rig truckers haul freight around the country.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. Shippers want more capacity and truckers want to give it to them. But new trucks dont come from the factory with a driver installed, so both shippers and carriers are having to work together to make do with what they have.

Uncertainty around freight rates has caused some grower-shippers in Idaho to move away from quoting delivered prices for potato price contracts. Sun-Glo of Idaho has elected not to take on the risk of volatile transportation markets by quoting delivered prices, said Jill Cox, sales manager and partner with Sun-Glo of Idaho Inc., Sugar City.

The Andersons Inc. announced Oct. 15 that it has entered into a merger agreement with Lansing Trade Group LLC, its longtime affiliate, to acquire the 67.5% of Lansing equity that it does not already own. The cash and stock deal is currently valued at a total of approximately $305 million.

Groups representing livestock, bee and fish haulers in the nation have asked the Department of Transportation to extend their available driving time up to 15 hours a day, up from the current federally regulated 11 hours. The groups also want DOT to allow 16-hour on-duty periods following a 10-hour consecutive rest period.

FMSCA holds hearing where NCBA and NPPC share need to offer additional flexibility on Hours of Service rules for livestock haulers.

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Tractor-trailers can measure up to 23 metres long, carry 30-tonne loads and barrel down the highway at high speeds, but in some provinces you need more training to give a haircut than to haul freight. A hidden-camera investigation by CBC's Marketplace reveals how Canada's patchwork training and testing system leaves some new truck drivers ill-prepared to operate big rigs the giants of the road that are involved in about 20 per cent of deadly crashes in this country.

Organic soybeans and corn fetch double and triple the money of conventional crops, but theres a catch for farmers who want to switch to them. They must change so much about how those crops are grown, then hunt down a place to sell them.

Nearly everything Americans consume came to them by way of a truck. And, of course, trucks areat least for nowdriven by people. Low pay for truck drivers, therefore, helps keep prices of US consumer goods in check. Consequently, a possible shortage of truckers could drive up their pay, causing flare-ups in inflation that could hurt

By the year 2050, the worlds population is expected to hit 10 billion. Feeding that population will mean increasing global food production by 70 percent without poisoning the worlds water supply with nitrates in the process and meeting rising demands for high food quality. That, in a nutshell, is the reason why agriculture needs to go digital, and in a hurry. The good news is that the adoption of new agriculture technology (agtech) over the past decade has been st