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http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/State-expecting-hundreds-of-applications-for-12281808.php BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota's Agriculture Department is expecting hundreds of applications over the next three weeks from drought-stricken ranchers seeking money to help pay the cost of hauling in hay to maintain their herds through the winter.

http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20171016/massillon-hub-moves-product-via-rail-line Deerfield Ag Services silos at Republic Short Line hold grain to be shipped virtually anywhere.

https://1reddrop.com/2017/10/17/logistics-industry-face-driver-shortage-big-trucking-problem/ Theres going to be a massive truck driver shortage in the United States over the next few years as a largely aging workforce prepares to turn in their hats. According to some estimates, up to 25 percent of todays working truck drivers will be retiring in the next five years. A

http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/10/13/glencore-strikes-standstill-agreement-with-bunge.html Glencore PLC has a standstill agreement that temporarily prevents it from making a hostile bid for Bunge Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, raising the possibility Glencore will renew its effort to acquire the grain trader.

https://www.westplainsdailyquill.net/national_news/article_26b34d0c-a3c5-5491-ad96-c6540e15cba2.html HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Prompted by plentiful rains and full underground moisture, farmers in western Kansas are planting more acres of dryland corn, according to the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service. Data from the service showed southwest Kansas farmers planted 149,000 acres in 2016 133 percent more than in 2015. West-central Kansas is up about 59 percent

http://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2017/10/16/trucking-driver-safety-startup-pitt-ohio-express-1-million-seed-financing-idelic/stories/201710110025 As fatal crashes involving big rig and buses inches upward nationwide, a Strip District startup company says it has figured out a way to predict which drivers

http://www.walb.com/story/36587168/extraordinary-peanut-harvest-is-boosting-south-georgia-economy VIENNA, GA (WALB) - Many South Georgia business employees are hard at work, bringing home what is expected to be the largest peanut harvest ever in Georgia. It's not just farmers, but other businesses supporting the growers, reaping the rewards of this overwhelming harvest.

https://www.todaystrucking.com/most-millennial-truckers-looking-to-leave-report OTTAWA, ON Trucking industry recruiters are looking for ways to attract new millennial-aged workers, but droves of existing workers under the age of 35 are already thinking about leaving.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/scoular-names-bryan-wurscher-division-manager-and-general-manager-of-scoulars-special-crops-business-300535866.html The Scoular Company today announced that Bryan Wurscher has joined Scoular's senior leadership team as Vice President, Division Manager

http://www.world-grain.com/articles/news_home/World_Grain_News/2017/10/Koch_Foods_to_build_405_millio.aspx?ID={4303D0B1-426F-4523-800F-41973F4C69E8}

https://www.graincentral.com/news/agribusiness/riverina-and-agrex-to-merge/

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/fake-city-promises-real-change-transportation-ncna809136 NN ARBOR, MICH. A self-driving car is driving past Liberty Streets charming storefronts when a truck runs a red light. The car screeches to a halt, avoiding a collision by inches.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2017/10/9/trucker-protests-hit-both-coasts Protests on both coasts in the past few days have placed truckers in the spotlight. Truck drivers in California and Washington, DC, staged protests to highlight the implementation of the electronic logging device (ELD) rule.

http://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/electronic-logging-devices-to-hurt-drivers-economy-says-trucking-company/831446179 By December most carriers and truck drivers will be required to have an electronic logging device instead of using paper logs that have been an industry standard for decades. The mandate was created to

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https://www.greenbiz.com/article/theres-24-billion-worth-potential-north-americas-truck-fleet Over the course of 99 truck days 17 actual days seven trucks and seven drivers clearly demonstrated that it is possible to get at least 10 miles from a gallon of diesel fuel in a Class 8 Heavy Duty Tractor. If the 1.7 million trucks on North American highways today achieved

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/soaring-river-freight-hits-farmers-as-grain-prices-slide/article_ae71c9c4-61d5-58d0-9544-72c8c0521bb0.html A towboat pushes a barge Friday on the Mississippi River south of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge. (Post-Dispatch file photo by Erik M. Lunsford)

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime--law/warren-county-farm-employee-accused-stealing-215-000-grain/YzICQUwlumWVTLN7NBZjfL/ CLEARCREEK TWP, Ohio (WKEF/WRGT) - A Clearcreek Township man was arrested Tuesday after officials said he stole more than $215,000 worth of grain from his employer.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-congested-i-4-truck-stop-new-parking-system-20171006-story.html Truck spaces at rest areas including the 17 at the congested rest stop on eastbound I-4 about two miles north of State Road 434 fill up fast. That often forces tired drivers to either keep driving or park illegally on the highways shoulder near the r

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2017/10/07/brimming-corn-soybeans/106428380/ Lansing Michigan is bursting at the seams with corn and soybeans, according to the latest storage report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/potato-farmers-hit-by-trucking-shortage/article_7de675b5-38e5-5db5-b235-3280804e8b60.html A trucking shortage is causing grief for local potato farmers who say its becoming difficult to deliver their products out of state during prime shipping season.

https://www.drybulkmagazine.com/material-handling/05102017/pipeline-foods-purchases-its-third-grain-elevator-this-year/ Pipeline Foods LLC has acquired a grain elevator in Lignite, North Dakota. This is Pipeline Foods' third grain elevator purchase this year as the company continues to grow its footprint in North America.

http://www.capitalpress.com/Idaho/20171005/farmers-owed-millions-after-collapse-of-farmers-grain Dozens of farmers and other ag-related businesses in Eastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho are owed millions of dollars after the financial collapse of Farmers Grain, a Nyssa, Ore., grain brokerage that is now in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/exlouis-dreyfus-grain-traders-launch-new-trading-business-20171004-01061 PARIS/GENEVA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A group of senior European and Black Sea grain traders who left Louis Dreyfus at the end of August plan to launch a new business in Switzerland targeting the Ukrainian market, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Tyson Poultry admits guilt, to pay $2m federal fine over feed spill 03-Oct-2017 By Jane Byrne Tyson Poultry Inc, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, last week pleaded guilt

http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/How-to-make-sure-you-get-paid-for-your-grain-501066 Before you make a grain delivery, make sure you're delivering grain to a company licensed by the Canadian Grain Commission. As part of its mandate to work in the interests of grain producers, the Canadian Grain Commission requires licensed grain companies to provide security to co

https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2017/10/03/lingering-impacts-hurricane-harvey-recycling-industry/ When it made landfall on Aug. 25, Hurricane Harvey became the wettest tropical cyclone to ever hit the U.S., dumping more than five feet of water on Houston. The resulting floods have impacted the recycling industry in multiple ways, driving up prices for virgin pl

http://trucker.com/business/how-truckers-can-prepare-natural-disasters Even if you are not directly affected by a natural disaster, Jeremy Robison, president of Tetra Capital, an independent company offering freight bill factoring services, says such events

http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/Guides_and_Lists/watch-heres-why-truck-drivers-should-have-dashcams-in-sa-20171004 A motorist reported a truck driver's alleged reckless behaviour on the road in the Western Cape. Dashcam footage reveals all is not as it seems...

http://fox43.com/2017/10/03/truckers-to-protest-mandate-on-electronic-logging-devices/ CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Some truckers would like to put the brakes on a federal mandate to use electronic devices to keep track of their driving habits.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2017/10/3/new-era-for-agricultural-transport-in-the-us Big changes abound for shippers of agricultural products in the U.S. In September of 2016, large agricultural production and shipping companies of more than 500 employees had to begin to abide by the Food Safety Modernizatio

http://trucker.com/business/stifel-upswing-underway-truck-freight-rates Recent analysis by Stifel Capital Markets concludes that the spot freight market is red hot and is now finally providing some much needed levitation for contract freight rate pricing f

https://www.hoosieragtoday.com/what-are-we-going-to-do-with-all-this-grain/ When the USDA projected a whopping big corn and soybean crop for 2017 in August, most farmers and those in the grain trade scoffed. Very few really believed that yields were going to be that good. As the combines have started to roll, the expectations have been that yield monitors would prove the government wrong. So far, tha

https://www.wcbi.com/sen-cochran-announces-plan-lower-large-truck-accident-rates/ WASHINGTON, D.C. (PRESS RELEASE) U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today announced two federal grants worth $1.08 million to help lower the rate of commercial truck-related accidents and fatalities in Mississippi.

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/energy-commodities/low-water-lock-repairs-send-us-river-freights-soaring Low river levels and back-ups at ageing locks are wreaking havoc on export-bound grain barge shipments on the Mississippi River system just as US farmers need to ramp up deliveries of their bumper harvest of corn and soybeans.