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A trucking shortage in the United States has caused freight prices to soar upwards of 20% and extending an the year-over-year gains to an unprecedented 17 straight months, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Discussions about Prairie grain transportation efficiency tend to focus on railways, railways and railways. Often lost in the century-plus-old feud between farmers and the railroads is the connection between them the truckers. The system cant get along without them, and theyve become even more important due to elevator and branch line closures.
Rep. Gregory Porter, D-Indianapolis and a ranking member of the houses Ways and Means Committee, in July criticized the states decision to drop a pilot program on I-94 in Northwest Indiana designed to better enforce weight limits, but Indiana Department of Transportation officials say the pilot program is continuing, just in a different location.
The trucking industry anticipated the ELD mandate would result in lost driversbut it is only losing them time on the road.
Higher inflation and a teetering stock market should spur advisors to think about diversifying client portfolios by adding commodities, investment experts urged this week. These economic factors, a potential bottom in the commodities price cycle, as well as the move of institutional investors into this sector, also are signs that portfolios should be adjusted to include this asset class. Commodities have been on a positive track since 2016, but people are frustrated in 2018 beca
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - The preliminary results from a Nevada trucker survey aimed at parking and other issues now has the attention of transportation leaders. Nevada trucking advocates have called the critically low number of available, legal parking spaces for big rig trucks a crisis. Nevada Department of Transportation and other stakeholders have bee
LONDON, Ontario, Aug. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Redwood Group, LLC and Smale Farms, LTD announced today the formation of a partnership that will bring additional value to the local cash grain marketplace. As a result of this partnership, local producers can expect competitive pricing, exemplary customer service, flexible contracting options as well as convenient logistical services.
VINCENNES, INDIANA, U.S. Perdue AgriBusiness will purchase and reopen the former Cargill grain elevator in Vincennes, Indiana, U.S. The elevator is expected to be open for the 2018 harvest.
The pest can cause branches to fall from trees and make storm damage worse. </div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 9, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.postbulletin.com/news/heard_on_the_street/heard-on-the-street-chs-to-sell-byron-dodge-center/article_a281cb2c-998d-11e8-8389-53c454068667.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Heard on the Street: CHS to sell Byron, Dodge Center elevators</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> St. Paul-based cooperative CHS Inc. is accepting bids for its elevators in Byron and Dodge Center on Friday. Cooperative officials say selling the elevators is the right move at this time. As you know, we are a cooperative and, therefore, focus decisions like this on the long-term needs of our farmer-owners. Farmers today expect speed, space and efficiency when it comes to handling grain,</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 9, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/otto-co-founder-ron-returns-to-uber-to-run-trucking-business"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Otto Co-Founder Returns to Uber to Run Trucking Business</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Lior Ron -- who co-founded Otto Trucking LLC with his controversial business partner, Anthony Levandowski -- will return to Uber Technologies Inc. to run the startups trucking business, called Uber Freight, the company said Tuesday.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 8, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trucking-truck-driver-british-american-2018-8"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">A British truck driver who's worked in the US for a decade says the biggest problem with trucking in America comes down to how drivers are paid</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> When snowstorms would hit Mick Flynn's native England, he and his fellow truckers would pull over. "Most sensible people parked over somewhere and enjoyed a nice cup of coffee," Flynn told Business Insider. However, he said that's not the case in the US and Canada, where Flynn has driven on and off for the past decade, and that "you're expected to carry on." That's because of a major flaw that Flynn and many others see in the American system of driving: Truckers are paid</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 8, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Diesel-Trucks-Arent-Going-Anywhere.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Diesel Trucks Aren’t Going Anywhere</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Diesel will dominate the commercial truck segment for years to come, but when will the switchover to electrified, automated trucks seriously impact the demand for this fuel? Its a pressing question for the U.S. in particular, where 70 percent of the goods use traditional diesel engine medium- and heavy-duty trucks (and some of the medium- and light-duty work trucks use gasoline engines). Rail transport is being taken more seriously, like the rest of the world, but diesel trucks</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 8, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://new.bulkloads.com/forum/podcasts/listen/?podcast_id=3"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">BULKLOADS PODCAST #3: Challenges in Bulk Trucking with Curt Visser</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>https://new.bulkloads.com/forum/podcasts/listen/?podcast_id=3</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 7, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nrtoday.com/news/environment/wildfires/some-federal-trucking-regulations-relaxed-in-face-of-wildfire-emergency/article_ade0313d-2994-501a-8145-effcb11413f3.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Some federal trucking regulations relaxed in face of wildfire emergency</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> As of Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation made an emergency declaration aimed at easing the movement of commercial vehicles transporting supplies and equipment needed to combat wildfire activity. Motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance to the forest firefighting efforts in Oregon, Washington and California will be granted relief from some federal trucking regulations, according to a pre</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 6, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/grain-elevator-explosion-injures-one/1345337410"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Grain elevator explosion injures one</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> One person was injured after a grain explosion in Palmer, a small town northwest of Manhattan, according to The Washington County News. The newspaper reports the explosion was heard across town around 2:45 p.m. Friday. The state fire marshal is investigating.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 6, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/truck-driver-shortage-good-news-chicago-area-company"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">The truck driver shortage is good news for this Chicago-area company</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Hub Group's stock price has risen 52 percent in the last year as shippers switch from trucking to intermodal transportation.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 4, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2018/08/01/commercial-trucking-weathers-substantial-rate-incr/?slreturn=20180703084643"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Commercial trucking weathers substantial rate increases</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Moving nearly 71% of all domestic freight shipments, commercial trucking is the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, in 2015 alone those goods totaled some 176 million metric tons worth about $700 billion; since then, both the total tonnage and its value have only increased.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 4, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/bunge-profit-trails-estimates-on-loss-from-soybean-contracts"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Bunge Takes Soybeans Loss After Wrong-Way Bet on Trade War</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Bunge Ltd., one of the largest agricultural traders and processors, posted a surprise loss for the second quarter after it was wrong-footed by price moves in the soybean market due to the U.S. trade war with China and a drought in Latin America. </p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 3, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=72729#.W2L78tJKjrc"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl"> Hundreds of truckers added to lawsuit against Oklahoma trucking company</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Hundreds of truck drivers have joined a collective action lawsuit that claims Sapulpa, Okla.-based John Christner Trucking violated federal and California labor laws. The lawsuit alleges that the trucking company misclassified its truck drivers as independent contractors. A court document that was filed July 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma indicated that more than 400 truck drivers had opted in to the lawsuit. Originally filed in California in</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 3, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://seekingalpha.com/news/3376105-green-plains-acquires-bartlett-cattle-company"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Green Plains acquires Bartlett Cattle Company</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Green Plains (GPRE +2.8%) to acquire two cattle-feeding operations from Bartlett Cattle Company LC for ~$16M (plus working capital). The transaction includes two feed yard operations located in Sublette, Kansas and Tulia, Texas with combined capacity of ~97,000 head, increasing its Cattle feeding operations to 355,000 head of capacity.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 3, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.fleetowner.com/driver-logs/nuisance-thy-name-eld"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Nuisance, thy name is ELD</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>With today marking four months since full enforcement of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, a number of truck drivers still say there are problems with ELDs in use and the federal Hours of Service (HOS) rules that are their foundation.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 3, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cdllife.com/2018/south-dakota-warns-potential-trucking-scam/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">South Dakota warns of potential trucking scam</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> The South Dakota Department of Revenue (DOR) has issued a warning to consumers about a fictitious truck dealership. In a news release issued on August 1, the South Dakota DOR has warned consumers to use caution when doing business with a commercial vehicle dealership called South Dakota Trucks.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 2, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-shuts-trucking"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Uber shuts down self-driving truck program, leaving questions about Uber Freight's future</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Truckers everywhere can rejoice. Uber's self-driving trucks have been put out of service. According to Eric Meyhofer, Head of Uber Advanced Technologies Group, Weve decided to stop development on our self-driving truck program and move forward exclusively with cars. We recently took the important step of returning to public roads in Pittsburgh, and as we look to continue that momentum, we believe having our entire teams energy and expertise focused on this effort</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 2, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.tullahomanews.com/news/business/u-s-bank-freight-payment-index-in-q-shows-gains/article_9af73e48-3e1b-5311-a697-02f83f2f4cdf.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index™ in Q2 Shows Gains, but Hints of Slowing Growth Rate</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 31, 2018--The U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index(tm) rose in the second quarter, tracking a strong U.S. economy and marking the fourth consecutive gain since the first Index was published in July 2017. But, an economist cautions, a shortage of drivers and recently imposed tariffs threaten to slow growth in coming months.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 1, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-brokers-navigate-summer-doldrums"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">How brokers navigate the summer doldrums</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>During July, we saw turndowns fall apart across the country (OTRI.USA). OTRI, the Outbound Tender Rejection Index, measures the rate at which loads tendered by shippers are being rejected by carriers. The turndown rate indicates the relative balance of trucking capacity and freight demand in a market. The chart below compares turndowns in Los Angeles (white line), Dallas (blue line), and Atlanta (green line), three of the most important freight hubs in the United States:</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 1, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/07/30/496386.htm"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Where Oil Prices Meet Trucker Fatalities: ‘Death Highway’</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Route 285 is the formal designation for one of the main roads used to carry supplies to and from the oilfields of West Texas. Locals call it something else: Death Highway.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 1, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/state-regulators-face-decision-over-failure-of-grain-business/article_7bf14aac-3aae-5361-9af7-c229866b4be4.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">State regulators face decision over failure of grain business</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>PIERRE | Lawyers for more than 20 farmers in eastern South Dakota who lost millions of dollars for unpaid grain want a state agency to become receiver for the failed seller.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Aug 1, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://new.bulkloads.com/forum/podcasts/listen/?podcast_id=2"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">BULKLOADS PODCAST #2: Wheat harvest and trucking with Fred Schweer</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>https://new.bulkloads.com/forum/podcasts/listen/?podcast_id=2</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 31, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/long-hours-and-little-pay-lawsuit-claims-local-trucking-company/article_74908361-3282-57be-a372-9a17ae0e8484.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Long hours and little pay: Lawsuit claims local trucking company violates federal labor laws</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>More than 400 drivers have joined a federal lawsuit that claims a Sapulpa trucking company is violating California labor laws and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by requiring drivers to work without compensation.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 31, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/researchers-delve-deeper-into-truckings-parking-problem"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Researchers delve deeper into trucking's parking problem</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>New research is underway regarding one of the transportation industrys most prevalent concerns: the lack of safe and available parking.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 30, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.deltafarmpress.com/management/truck-weight-limits-important-mississippi-harvests-begin"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Truck weight limits important as Mississippi harvests begin</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>"Today, there are 150 posted bridges on state highways, and over 2,000 on county roads; out of that number, about 500 county road bridges are closed."</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 30, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/us/politics/trump-truck-driver-shortage.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">‘What Does a Trucker Look Like?’ It’s Changing, Amid a Big Shortage</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>The industry historically reliant on older, white male drivers is facing a record shortage with an estimated 50,000 more drivers needed to meet demand, according to the American Trucking Associations. The lack of available drivers is rippling through the supply chain, causing a bottleneck of goods that is delaying deliveries and prompting some companies to increase prices.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 28, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.trucks.com/2018/07/26/solar-power-trucks-trailers/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Solar Power Moves From Roofs to Semi-Trucks and Trailers</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Solar power technology is moving from the roofs of homes to the tops of semi-truck and trailer combinations. The North American Council for Freight Efficiency believes solar panels mounted on tractors trailers can generate enough electricity to help power heating and air conditioning systems, liftgate operation, refrigeration and telematics systems.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 27, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cashflow-corner/charities-help-truckers-in-need"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Helping out a trucker: 5 charities worth considering</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>As has been noted numerous times before, the lifestyle of the truck driver is not for everyone. Once glamorized in movies and television shows, few kids now grow up wanting to be a truck driver, and that is contributing to the lack of drivers in the industry. Pay scale, time away from home, and other reasons contribute as well, but the ultimate point is that truck drivers are often alone and away from home</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 27, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/iowa-among-states-barring-automated-truck-platoons-20180724"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Iowa among states barring automated truck 'platoons'</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Iowa is one of 34 states that does not allow for automated vehicle platooning a budding technology that transportation officials say provides major benefits to the movement of freight.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 27, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ag-sector-bounces-on-word-of-us-tariff-aid-for-farmers/2018/07/24/87db9b0e-8f5b-11e8-ae59-01880eac5f1d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.47d24f1c6162"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Ag sector bounces on news of US tariff aid for farmers</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> NEW YORK Wall Street has given the agricultural sector a boost after Trump administration said it is preparing a plan that would send billions in aid to U.S. farmers hurt by tariffs. CF Industries Holding and Mosaic Company both traded up more than 3 percent earlier in the day but ended Tuesday with more modest gains. CF Industries finished up less than 1 percent, while Mosaic added 2.3 percent.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 27, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wtop.com/national/2018/07/truck-drivers-are-overtired-overworked-and-underpaid/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Truck drivers are overtired, overworked and underpaid</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>A 2010 survey by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health showed that, on average, long-haul truck drivers work 50 percent more hours than typical workers and regularly violate U.S. regulations limiting commercial driver work hours for safety reasons.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 27, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://new.bulkloads.com/loads/rates/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">NEW BulkLoads Rate Data and Analytics Now Available </div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>After many requests our Rates & Analytics feature is now available. You can now do searches by origin to destination radius, equipment, commodity, dates and receive averages rates per mile and by ton for bulk truck freight loads. If you have any questions on this new tool contact us anytime at 800-518-9240 ext 2. Thank you!</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 26, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.thedrive.com/tech/22373/new-jersey-farm-welcomes-department-of-agriculture-secretary-shows-off-drone"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">New Jersey Farm Welcomes Department of Agriculture Secretary, Shows Off Drone</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> New Jerseys Growtopia Farms has taken to unmanned aerial vehicles to improve Jersey Tomato growth, decrease cost, and maximize the overall business, according to NJ.com. Drones in agriculture are nothing new, but their implementation in this industry is certainly seeing rapid growth with each passing season. </p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 26, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.drovers.com/article/texas-farmers-baling-grain-crops-cattle-feed-drought"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Texas Farmers Baling Grain Crops For Cattle Feed In Drought</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Desperate times call for desperate measures. Farmers in Texas and other areas experiencing drought are in dire need of hay supplies and dryland crops are burning up. Because of this, some grain farmers are abandoning their grain crops and baling them for cattle feed instead. It wasnt going to make grainwe decided this was the best way, says Stanton Koehn, a corn and soybean farmer from Mexey, Texas. In our area we arent set up to feed actual si</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 25, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ttnews.com/articles/Top-tank-bulk-carriers"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Tank/Bulk Carriers See Gains and Losses</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Carriers in the tank/bulk sector posted modest gains in revenue as firms dealt with positive and negative market trends. Higher prices slowed demand for fuel shipments, while increases in oil and gas drilling and production of petrochemicals boosted demand for tankers. A group of 23 carriers in the tank/bulk sector generated revenue of $4.8 billion in 2017, a gain of 3.3% from $4.7 billion</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 25, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2018/07/23/trucking-company-violated-state-whistleblower-act/?slreturn=20180624105047"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Trucking Company Violated State Whistleblower Act</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>A trucker's refusal to drive a vehicle with a brake alert and a shimmy warrants back pay following his firing, a jury decides.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 25, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.oilandgas360.com/texas-jury-nails-frac-company-with-101-million-verdict/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Texas Jury Nails Frac Company with $101 Million Verdict</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> A jury verdict in a Texas court last week against an oil service company may have set the record for the largest civil penalty ever handed down in an accident involving a truck. The $101 million verdict exceeds by about $10 million a penalty assessed against Werner Enterprises earlier this year. At the time of the Werner decision, that was generally seen as one of the largest verd</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 24, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/chartofweek/4"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">July trucking market off to a slower start</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> The July trucking market has started off slow, at least compared to the peak volumes that we saw at the end of the second quarter. The gradual slow down in rejections is evidence that carriers are getting less selective in the freight market versus May and June. On April 1st, 25.4% of all load tenders in the market were being rejected by carriers. Rejections continued to fall until bottoming out in early May at 19.12% and then rapidlly ascending towards the peak on June 29 of 27%. </p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 24, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.sdcexec.com/transportation/blog/21012208/can-freight-brokers-help-shippers-better-cope-with-the-driver-shortage"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Can Freight Brokers Help Shippers Better Cope with the Driver Shortage?</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>The insufficient number of truckers paired with the growing demand for freight transportation is pushing the industry into a substantial capacity crunch. By the end of 2017, there were around 50,000 unfilled positions for drivers across the U.S. Experts say that the shortage can reach 174,000 by 2026 if the trend continues.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 24, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180721/producer-ethanol-industry-can-grow-despite-tariffs"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Producer: Ethanol industry can grow despite tariffs</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>By Kevin Barlow of The Pantagraph (TNS)</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 23, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-grain-prices-crunched-by-trade-fears-1532039037"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">U.S. Grain Prices Crunched by Trade Fears</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Gluts of corn, wheat and other crops are finally easing after years of oversupply, but prices have yet to meaningfully rebound.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 23, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://thetrucker.com/trucking-alliance-says-elds-should-be-in-all-large-trucks-regardless-of-commodity-or-length-of-haul/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">TRUCKING ALLIANCE SAYS ELDS SHOULD BE IN ALL LARGE TRUCKS, REGARDLESS OF COMMODITY OR LENGTH OF HAUL</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>The Trucking Alliance today issued a policy statement calling for the federal government to require ELDs in all CMVs regardless of commodity type or length of haul, and for state legislatures to require ELDs for all CMVs that operate exclusively within their borders.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 23, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-shows-charity-teamwork"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Strutting their stuff, and more: behind the shine of the multimillion-dollar truck show industry</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Theres a side of the trucking industry most dont see. Look behind the hardened exterior and youll find a community of people dedicated to both their profession and their community. During the summer months, on any weekend youll find a truck show going on somewhere in the U.S. Drivers who work 60-hour weeks will often buy their own cleaning products, spend six to eight hours cleaning their rigs on their own time just so they can participate in community event</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 21, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://thewest.com.au/countryman/grain/russian-threat-ready-to-overrun-wa-grain-growers-ng-b88898760z"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Russian threat ready to ‘overrun’ WA grain growers</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Russian Government officials have sent a warning to WA grain growers during the first day of CBHs international study tour, saying the country will overrun Australian grain in Asian markets once grain transport issues are rectified in the countrys south. More than 35 WA farmers met Government officials and Russian farmers union representatives on Monday, the first official day in a CBH study tour of the Krasnoda</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 21, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.fleetowner.com/ideaxchange/smart-people-are-working-cool-things-trucking"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Smart people are working on cool things in trucking</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>For five of the last six years I have been an official reviewer for the Department Of Energys Annual Merit Review for Vehicle Technologies projects. I have had the chance, along with other industry participants, to review lots of very interesting projects. If you are interested in seeing the types of projects that have been explored over the last 10 years check out these presentations.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 21, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.trucker.com/business/question-leasing"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">A Question of Leasing</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>This is the first of a two-part story on the best practices involving truck and trailer leasing options. We interviewed people from five companies that lease trucks and/or trailers to the trucking industry with a focus on the small and micro-carrier.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 21, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.kltv.com/story/38685499/jury-rules-in-favor-of-man-suing-major-trucking-company-involved-in-2013-crash"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Jury awards more than $101M to man suing major trucking company involved in 2013 crash</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>UPSHUR COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - An Upshur County jury has awarded more than $75 million to a man who sued a major trucking company that he said caused his 2013 crash. The plaintiff, Joshua Patterson, filed a lawsuit against FTS International Manufacturing, as well as one of its former drivers, Bill Acker. Patterson filed the suit after Acker, who was driving a semi-truck at the time of the crash, rear-ended Patterson's pick-up truck.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 20, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/truckload-freight/us-shippers-guarantee-volume-secure-truck-capacity_20180718.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">US shippers guarantee volume to secure truck capacity</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Shorter (and sometimes longer) contracts, volume commitments, and even higher rates are among the many types of bait shippers are using to capture elusive truckload capacity.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 20, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Permian-Rush-Is-Creating-A-Frac-Sand-Shortage.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">The Permian Rush Is Creating A Frac Sand Shortage</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>The mega-frac is turning the typically annoying sand of West Texas into the new gold, and the oil and gas land rush on the Permian Basin has now extended into the dry, gritty sand that only a year ago few would have given a second thought.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 19, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://southeastagnet.com/2018/07/17/ag-shippers-nafta-trade-war-costly/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Ag Shippers: NAFTA Trade War Costly</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>The rail company, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, told the Omaha World-Herald that the current trade disruption: Affects the 7,300 communities Union Pacific serves. Specifically, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation effort is harming U.S. railways.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 19, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.startribune.com/for-soybeans-there-was-a-boom-in-sales-and-now-a-bust/488388501/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">For soybeans, there was a boom in sales, and now there's a bust</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>A rush to get soybeans out of the country ahead of retaliatory Chinese tariffs caused a spike in exports in the second quarter as farmers and grain elevators hurriedly loaded trains and ships.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 19, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/truckload-freight/why-tight-us-trucking-capacity-isn%E2%80%99t-going-away-soon_20180717.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Why tight US trucking capacity isn’t going away soon</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Once cyclical, problems such as the driver shortage are becoming systemic. That threatens to bake higher costs into transportation rates.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 18, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/truck-driver-shortage-is-impacting-the-u-s-economy/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Another headwind for the U.S. economy: Not enough truck drivers</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> A growing shortage of truck drivers may be producing a new problem: faster inflation. Supply chain bottlenecks are "increasingly feeding into prices" with transportation costs posting a 1.1 percent gain in June, their biggest gain since 2008, according to Oxford Economics. At the same time, the Trump administration's trade policies and tariffs may exacerbate the situation further by pushing up the prices of consumer goods imported from China and other countries. "It's an issue</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 17, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.omaha.com/money/study-to-allow-younger-interstate-drivers-piques-interest-of-werner/article_4aa3cb73-b2e3-51cb-a5bc-78a11fe0d8ef.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Study to allow younger Interstate drivers piques interest of Werner, Crete trucking execs</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> By Steve Jordon / World-Herald staff writer </p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 17, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=9e7d7271-a9d3-41d9-95f6-cb28565d3dde"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Can Shippers or Brokers Legally Offset Freight Loss and Damage Claims Against Unpaid Motor Carrier Freight Charges?</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>A lot of people in the transportation industry still believe there is a federal law prohibiting shippers or brokers from recovering amounts owed by motor carriers when freight loss or damage has occurred by offsetting those amounts against what the shipper or broker owes the carrier for delivery services.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 16, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-frac-sand-giant-amid-industry-shift"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">A new frac sand giant is born amid an industry shift</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>The newest frac sand company, Covia Holdings, is also the largest Frac sand production transitioning to local sources to eliminate $30-60 per ton railroad costs New mines in shale plays coming online may create an oversupply of sand</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 16, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.agweek.com/news/crime-and-courts/4471995-two-men-vindicated-after-allegations-swiping-8700-worth-grain-cass"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Two men vindicated after allegations of swiping $8,700 worth of grain in Cass County</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>FARGO Two men accused of stealing about $8,700 worth of grain have been cleared of charges after a jury acquitted one of them and the case against the other was dropped.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 16, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cdllife.com/2018/70584/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Trucker pays it forward after he gets a hand from a fellow driver</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Broke down this morning around 11am in this small town of Concordia,KS. Damn fuel fitting cracked and then broke off when i tried to take it out,now im stuck with one half of the fitting inside of the head. Well its sunday, they dont have cab service or uber in this area. Theres OReillys in town few miles south of me, my fat ass walked there and bought the bolt extractor tool. On my way back to my truck a pickup pulls up and offers me a ride,t</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 14, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/autonomous-trucks-self-driving-trucks-laws-2018-7"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">One of the biggest problems facing self-driving trucks has little to do with the technology</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Tesla, Otto, and other companies have been developing driverless vehicles for years, with Mercedez-Benz placing a semi-autonomous truck on the road <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mercedes-self-dr</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 13, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://seekingalpha.com/article/4186600-quick-picks-trucker-shortages-will-affect-businesses-amazon-walmart-tyson-foods-union-pacific"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">How Trucker Shortages Will Affect Businesses From Amazon And Walmart To Tyson Foods And Union Pacific</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> There is a shortage of truck drivers, and low unemployment is making them difficult to replace. Rising diesel prices and incentives to lure truck drivers, along with demand over capacity, have driven shipping costs sky-high. This will dig into earnings of retailers - especially those with a focus on ecommerce such as Amazon and Walmart. Railroad companies will be the beneficiaries as they accommodate the difference between supply and demand and increase their rates in the</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 13, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/Zeeland_Farm_Services.aspx"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Zeeland Farm Services: The family-owned company quietly conquering midwestern agri-business</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>For drivers taking I-196 from Grand Rapids toward the lakeshore, Zeeland Farm Services is a familiar landmark, its steel grain bins towering over Exit 55, the brothy smell of heated soybeans coming through the car windows. ZFS, which buys, sells and transports corn, wheat, and soy and operates Michigans only soy processing plant, has long been a behemoth in the states agribusiness economyand its only getting bigger. In recent years</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 12, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.feednavigator.com/Article/2018/07/11/Study-shows-US-became-dumping-ground-for-imports-of-fraudulent-organic-feed-commodities"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Study shows US became dumping ground for imports of fraudulent organic feed commodities</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>The Cornucopia Institute is calling for stricter oversight and legal reform to curb infiltration of questionable organic feed raw material imports into the US.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 12, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.mytwintiers.com/news/national-trucking-industry-files-lawsuit-over-tolls/1294205924"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">National trucking industry files lawsuit over tolls</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A national trucking industry group is fighting Rhode Island over new tolls arguing that large commercial tractors are being unfairly targeted. The lawsuit was filed in Providence federal court Tuesday by Virginia-based American Trucking Associations and claims Rhode Island Department of Transportation tolls violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 12, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ocj.com/2018/07/grain-handler-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-more-than-3-million-from-farmers/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Grain handler pleads guilty to stealing more than $3 million from farmers</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director David Daniels announced today that a Huron County man has pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to the theft of more than $3 million in grain from 35 farmers in Ohio.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 12, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.nwestiowa.com/news/flooding-continues-to-impact-crop-farms/article_d13f7a46-8901-11e8-a77c-93e2227c6ce1.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Flooding continues to impact crop farms</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>REGIONALNWest Iowa corn and soybean producers still are recovering after the recent flooding, and some experts say the effects could be felt for a long time to come.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 11, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/epa-says-it-will-not-enforce-glider-truck-cap-through-2019"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">EPA says it will not enforce glider truck cap through 2019</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>The Environmental Protection Agency issued a loophole that will allow glider kit manufacturers to avoid certain Obama-era emissions regulations and, effectively, build as many trucks as they deem fit, according to the New York Times.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 11, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://americanshipper.com/main/news/bill-aims-to-elevate-shippers-fmc-awareness-71912.aspx?source=Little4"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Bill aims to elevate shippers’ FMC awareness</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., has proposed legislation that aims to enhance public awareness and understanding of ocean shipping services agreements, use of ocean transportation intermediaries and other shipping services through the U.S. Federal Maritime Commissions Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services (CADRS).</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 11, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ibj.com/blogs/21-north-of-96th/post/69560-grain-hopper-manufacturer-proposes-whitestown-facility"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Grain hopper manufacturer proposes Whitestown facility</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> A Nebraska-based grain hopper manufacturer plans to open a retail and repair facility in Whitestown. Timpte Industries Inc. has requested a real property tax abatement from the town of Whitestown as an incentive for building the 12,100-square-foot facility at 3945 S. Indianapolis Road. The facility would be constructed near Exit 133 off Interstate 65. Timpte said it plans to spend about $2.2 million on the project. It would be Timptes first Indiana operation and wo</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 11, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-10/once-worthless-commodity-now-fetches-billions-in-plains-of-texas"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Worthless Just Two Years Ago, West Texas Sand Now Brings in Billions</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Standing high on top of a windswept dune in the West Texas plains, Greg Edwards stares out into a vast ocean of sand. It stretches in every direction, interrupted only by an occasional strip of asphalt or clusters of silos that rise high into the sky.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 11, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://tandemthoughts.landlinemag.com/commentary/for-hire-trucking-freightwaves-forecasting/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Is trucking headed for a decline?</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>For-hire trucking is about to lose a lot of business, as much as 20 percent over the next 10 years. Thats the word from Craig Fuller, CEO of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based FreightWaves, a company that gathers and analyzes market data for the freight transportation industry.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 10, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://fortune.com/2018/07/08/scott-pruitt-truck-loophole/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Scott Pruitt's Loophole for Glider Truck Manufacturers Faces Backlash</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt dealt a final blow to clean air initiatives before resigning Friday, implementing a loophole that will allow the production of thousands of diesel freight trucks with high emissions. The decision effectively undoes an Obama administration move that intended to cap production of these trucks at 300 per year, beginning this year.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 10, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oilmanmagazine.com/article/drivers-wanted-how-a-shortage-of-truckers-could-constrain-the-growth-of-u-s-oil-production/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">DRIVERS WANTED: HOW A SHORTAGE OF TRUCKERS COULD CONSTRAIN THE GROWTH OF U.S. OIL PRODUCTION</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>In some circles, a career as a truck driver comes attached with a certain stigma. Long hours on the road, eating alone at highway diners, mediocre pay, and a stationary job with no company in the cabin but an AM/FM radio. Enter todays developing crisis regarding a nationwide shortage of truck drivers and resulting trucker pay in many cases of $100k+/year with signing bonuses. Suddenly, that stigma quickly dissipates.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 10, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/todays-pickup/trucker-driver-pay"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">We're raising trucker pay, so let's tell everybody</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Whats notable about the announcement by Heartland Express late last week on its increase in pay is not that pay was increased; everybody is increasing trucker pay. Whats notable is that Heartland put it out as a press release. Looking over the press release archive on Heartlands home page, press releases are few and far between, and as far as we can tell, press releases on pay incre</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 9, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wolfstreet.com/2018/07/06/class-8-heavy-truck-orders-2018/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Heavy-Truck Orders Explode</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Orders for heavy trucks that haul trailers loaded with anything from junk food to oil-field equipment across the US skyrocketed 141% in June compared to a year ago, to 41,800 orders, making it the highest June ever recorded, according to transportation data provider FTR. For the first six months this year, order volume of Class 8 trucks surged nearly 90% from a year ago to a phenomenal 23</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 7, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ccjdigital.com/house-bill-would-require-dot-to-study-how-many-drivers-quit-trucking-over-eld-mandate/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">House bill would require DOT to study how many drivers quit trucking over ELD mandate</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>A bill filed in the U.S. House last week would, if passed, require the U.S. DOT to perform a study to determine how many drivers, including both company drivers and leased owner-operators, quit the industry over the electronic logging device mandate</a</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 6, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.railwayage.com/intermodal/truck-size-and-weight-transparency-vs-deception/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Truck size and weight: Transparency vs. deception</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>If you tell a kindergartener that he or she can have ice cream for breakfast with no ill effect and that it will make the lima beans at lunch taste better, that kid will hug your leg and tell you that youre the best. They dont see the tummy ache coming or know that youre lying about the lima beans.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 6, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/12104-kansas-wheat-harvest-progressing-despite-setbacks"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl"> Kansas wheat harvest progressing despite setbacks</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> KANSAS CITY Kansas wheat producers managed to advance the winter wheat harvest 19 percentage points last week despite regular rains that some farmers say have reduced test weights. In its weekly Crop Progress report issued late July 2, the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicated Kansas winter wheat harvest was 71% completed by July 1 compared with 52% a week earlier and 63% as the 2013-17 average for the date. Harvest in adjacent states was 98% completed in Oklahoma (90% as th</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 4, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ccjdigital.com/you-dont-have-to-buy-an-electric-truck-to-drive-an-electrified-one/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">You don’t have to buy an electric truck to drive an electrified one</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> The electrification of trucking may the next big thing but the electrification of the truck itself isnt an entirely new concept. The differentiator of the two discussions is a big one. The electrification of trucking centers on removing a traditional driveline and replacing it with a number of electric driv</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 3, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-market-hurt"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Major tech changes will hurt the for-hire trucking market within the next decade</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>In the next decade, three major technological disruptions will drastically shrink demand for for-hire trucking services. Nearly 20% of for-hire truckload freight is at risk, putting the trucking industry at risk of experiencing one of the most drastic freight-demand declines in history, matched only by the great recession (Cass Freight Index showed a 20% volume decline between summer 2008 and summer 2009, according to <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2018/5/22/freightwaves-launches-son</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 3, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/122609/driver-dearth-means-higher-freight-prices"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Driver Dearth Means Higher Freight Prices</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Things are getting really tight for American trucking companies. That means things are going to get more expensive for everyone else, too. The current driver shortage has been well documented. The American Trucking Associations estimated a shortage of more than 170,000 drivers by 2024.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 2, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2018/06/29/how-a-91-year-old-trucking-guru-built-a.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">How a 91-year-old trucking guru built a transportation company from the ground up</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Ross Neely started a trucking company in 1958 with one $240 truck. The company generated $7.3 million in gross revenue in 2017.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jul 2, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-trucker-shortage-younger-drivers-20180629-story.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Amid trucker shortage, Trump team pilots program to drop driving age requirement to 18</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Trump administration is advancing a program to let some younger workers drive big trucks across state lines, signaling an openness to lowering the driving age more broadly amid a massive trucker shortage.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 30, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.consumerreports.org/autonomous-driving/should-tractor-trailer-trucks-be-self-driving/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Should Tractor-Trailer Trucks Be Self-Driving?</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>Daimler, Tesla, Uber, Volvo, and Waymo are among the manufacturers working to perfect the software and sensors needed to develop fully automated big rigs. There have been a few demonstration projects, such as Ubers trucking subsidiary, Otto, arranging a 120-mile beer delivery last year in Colorado.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 30, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/brokers-must-consider-minutes-new-way-under-elds_20180628.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Brokers must consider minutes in new way under ELDs</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia Not enough is a common phrase in the trucking industry. Not enough drivers. Not enough pay. Electronic logging devices (ELDs) have added a new one: not enough minutes. Its true that the hours-of-service regulations didn't change. Not enough minutes is a byproduct of the digitization of time. Paper logs are out, electronics are in. Small ca</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 30, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ktre.com/story/38536166/new-weigh-station-promotes-trucker-safety-brings-in-money"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">New weigh station promotes trucker safety, brings in money</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, TX (KTRE) - Commercial motor vehicle stations, often referred to as weigh stations, are significant to motorists other than truck drivers. A weigh strip that opened today in Nacogdoches County will create safer roadways as well as significant local revenue.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 29, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.powderbulksolids.com/news/ADM-Animal-Nutrition-Opens-New-Feed-Plant-in-Nebraska-06-26-2018"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">ADM Animal Nutrition Opens New Feed Plant in Nebraska</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>American agribusiness Archer Daniels Midlands (ADM) Animal Nutrition business recently opened a new feed plant in Columbus, NE, the company announced in a press release.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 29, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.agweb.com/article/senate-passes-farm-bill-setting-up-food-stamp-fight-with-house/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Senate Passes Farm Bill, Setting Up Food-Stamp Fight With House</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> The Senate passed bipartisan farm legislation that sets up a clash with the House and President Donald Trump over imposing broad new work requirements for food stamp recipients. The Senate bill, passed 86-11 Thursday, would renew subsidies for farmers and crop-insurance companies, along with food aid for low-income families. The Senate bill doesnt include the work rules. The House version would make work requirements stricter and would shift some food-stamp benefits to job-train</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 28, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://fortune.com/2018/06/27/americas-trucker-shortage/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">America's Trucker Shortage Is Hitting Home</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, the backbone of the U.S. economy, is carrying more weight than ever despite a critical shortage of drivers. And now this compression point is sending waves of pain through the supply chain from distributors and wholesalers to retailers and consumers in the form of fast-rising shipping costs. Even Amazon and its Prime members are feeling the pinch. This predicament was a long time coming. An a</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 28, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cash-flow-corner/setting-a-fuel-efficient-truck-speed"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Why now might be the time to slow your truck’s speed</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>As the price of diesel fuel has increased in 2018, so too have fleet fuel costs. For larger fleets with leverage, that fuel cost has shifted to shippers that are paying more in fuel surcharges. For smaller fleets and owner-operators, shifting that burden may be a little more difficult, especially if they dont operate with a fuel surcharge program.</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 27, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.agweb.com/article/markets-now-global-demand-for-soybeans-will-remain/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Markets Now: Global Demand For Soybeans Will Remain</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>June has been a volatile month for soybean markets and commodity markets in general. As news broke how China planned to proceed with tariffs on U.S. agricultural products such as soybeans and orange juice, soybean prices tanked. During the trade on Tuesday, soybean prices dropped 40 cents. Its not solely China thats creating volatility in the markets. Last week, Commerce Secretary <a href="https://www.agweb.com/article/members-of-presidents-party-criticize-s</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 27, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/transportation/age-requirement-commercial-truck-drivers-48616/"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl">Age Requirement Commercial Truck Drivers</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p>There has been an ongoing debate in the trucking industry about whether the minimum age for commercial drivers should be lowered. Those who support the lower age requirement say that it will provide job opportunities, address the driver shortage problem, and keep the economy going. However, those who oppose the lower age requirement say that drivers under the age of 21 are much more likely to be involved in serious accidents. Congress is considering legislation that will allow 18-year-olds with</p></div></a></div></div><div class="flex flex-row gap-4 overflow-hidden border border-foundation-grey-50 bg-foundation-grey-0 px-2 md:rounded-xl md:px-0"><div class="flex w-full flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-4"><div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-1"><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-400 text-sm">Jun 27, 2018</div></div><a class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.agupdate.com/news/national/trump-to-hit-refiners-with-a-biofuels-boost/article_b03bdefe-7937-11e8-8c82-c335029d281d.html"><div class="font-medium text-foundation-grey-900 text-xl"> Trump to hit refiners with a bio fuels boost</div><div class="font-light text-foundation-grey-500"><p> Refiners would have to blend 19.88 billion gallons of biofuels into petroleum next year under an administration proposal set to be unveiled Tuesday, as President Donald Trump tries to strike a balance between two competing constituencies. 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