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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-22/mexican-companies-craft-plan-to-sidestep-u-s-grain-imports One of Mexicos largest business groups is working on a bargaining chip ahead of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement: finding alternatives to the U.S. for grain imports.

https://www.country-guide.ca/2017/02/23/how-to-take-a-representative-grain-sample-from-trucks-and-bins/50480/ Youll need: Four identical pails that hold a minimum of 20 litres. Label two with an A and two with a B.&rdq

http://fremonttribune.com/news/local/grain-company-announces-plans-for-bagging-facility-in-fremont/article_1dca80b7-1c1b-55e3-803d-1d0be80857d9.html Omaha based grain merchandising company, Hansen-Mueller Co., has announced plans to locate a state-of-the-art bagging facility for animal and pet food products in Fremont.

http://www.supplychainbrain.com/content/blogs/think-tank/blog/article/for-trucking-regulation-its-a-foggy-road-ahead/ GPS technology can tell a commercial trucker all about routes and traffic conditions. But when it comes to predicting the regulatory landscape, the road ahead is a lot less clear.

http://foxillinois.com/news/local/proposed-bill-would-repeal-a-trucking-fee SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WRSP) Trucking companies could soon be looking at an open road without having to pay a tax along the way. Springfield Representative Tim Butler has co-sponsored a bill that has now moved on to the Senate to repeal a trucking fee.

Though President Trumps choice to run the Department of Transportation, Elaine Chao, has been confirmed by the Senate and begun work at the DOT, theres still a litany of posts Trump must fill at the DOT, including naming a new administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The post had been occupied by Scott Darling for about two years. His las

http://hppr.org/post/frac-sand-demand-uptick-oil-rigs With an uptick in oil rigs, concerns about the supply of frac sand, the key component of drilling, are also arising.

http://www.ccjdigital.com/trucking-urges-new-dot-secretary-to-scrap-new-carrier-rating-system-citing-lingering-csa-faults/ Trucking groups have united in urging Elaine Chao, the new Secretary of Transportation, to order the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to rescind a proposed rule issued in January 2016 that would institute a new carrier rat

The United States Air Force announced earlier this month it is creating a program that will allow military truck drivers to essentially swap their military license for a commercial drivers license when they exit the service without extra training. To do this, the Air Force is creating a course to mirror the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (

http://www.journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/jennifer-tierney-congress-must-stop-ignoring-truck-safety/article_b9025f41-e207-5084-bea2-f9431917a00f.html For more than 30 years, I have been advocating to make trucking safer, since my father, James Mooney, was killed in a large truck crash in 1983. He was driving on a dark rur

http://kpcnews.com/business/latest/kpcnews/article_4c71d7e8-c0b7-58ed-8e45-d6695d0bb6ea.html WEST LAFAYETTE The number of grain-dust explosions in the United States fell to a 10-year low in 2016, but two of the incidents resulted in Indianas first reported fatalities since 2013, according to an annual report released by Purdue Universitys Department of Agricultu

Demand for frac sand has surged in recent weeks as U.S. producers rush back to the oil patch, stoking concern that supplies of the key component of drilling may not be able to keep up with demand later this year, industry professionals said. The growing appetite for frac sand comes as oil producers have added hundreds of rigs in U.S. oil fields from Texas to North Dakota. Last week, the U.S. rig count hit 591, the highest since October 2015 and nearly double the figure seen seven month

http://wdtn.com/2017/02/15/swift-transplantation-limits-their-truck-speeds/ DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) A spokesperson for Swift Transportation says the company limits their truck speeds to 62 miles per hour.

http://trucker.com/regulations/trucking-exec-stuns-senator-safety-stats A leading Senate proponent of more strict truck safety regulations called it stunning, after hearing the details of fleet-wide accident reductions through investment in advanced safety systemsbut the CEO of one of the countrys largest trucking companies quickly explained that the trucking industry didn&rsq

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/16/technology/truck-platoons-peloton-omnitracs/ Peloton, a start-up that partially automates tractor-trailers, is partnering with truck fleet management company Omnitracs to deliver its technology to U.S. roads this year. The companies are working on what's called "platooning," in which several trucks drive in close proximity to each other in a bid to leverage aerodynami

http://www.trucknews.com/blogs/use-recourse-factoring-vs-non-recourse-factoring/ Once a carrier has made the decision to use freight bill factoring to improve cash flow, it quickly becomes a choice between using recourse or non-recourse fac

http://www.trucknews.com/features/says-romance-trucking-business-dont-mix/ SURREY, B.C. From a hopeless romantic to a young, savvy businessman, HTL Transport has been in loving hands since its modest beginnings in the basement of the Rai family home.

http://trucker.com/business/shutting-doors Heres a topic most business people dont think about: How do I go about getting out of the business I own if circumstances are such that it becomes necessary? The reasons can be as varied as the people who own trucking companies.