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Koch Nitrogen Co. L.L.C. in mid-September plans to launch a $1.3 billion expansion of its Enid, Okla., facility. To be implemented over the next three years, the project will increase fertilizer production capacity by more than 1 million tons per year, Koch Nitrogen officials said in a press release. The expansion includes the construction of a 900,000 ton-per-year urea plant; improvements and capacity increases to existing ammonia plants and urea storage facilities; and

Steve Eilertson, president of Grain Millers, Inc., will be presented with the University of Minnesota Entrepreneur of the Year award at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. S.E., Minneapolis. The ceremony will feature welcoming remarks from President Eric Kaler and also announce the winners of the 2014 Minnesota Cup, a competition that supports and encourages emerging entrepreneurs and highlights the position of the University as a hub for innovation. &

MARION Central Ohio Farmers Cooperative is purchasing the Bunge North America facility at Jefferson and Mark streets, the cooperative's CEO said Wednesday. COFC will close on the $3.7 million acquisition Friday said Tom Bostic, the cooperative's CEO and president. "It's going to be a good transition," Bostic said. The Bunge property "will just become part of the grain department of Central Ohio Farmers Cooperative, absolutely a maj

A 63-year-old man is dead following a crash just south of MordenSunday night. According to RCMP, an 83-year-old man was driving a grain truck on Provincial Road 432 around 9 p.m. when he collided with a pickup truck driving the opposite direction. The grain truck was driving north when the driver tried to make a left turn and moved into the southbound lane, hitting the pickup truck, RCMP said. The truck rolled and landed in the west dit

A 63-year-old man is dead following a crash just south of MordenSunday night. According to RCMP, an 83-year-old man was driving a grain truck on Provincial Road 432 around 9 p.m. when he collided with a pickup truck driving the opposite direction. The grain truck was driving north when the driver tried to make a left turn and moved into the southbound lane, hitting the pickup truck, RCMP said. The truck rolled and landed in the west dit

WASHINGTON The regulatory agency responsible for overseeing the countrys rail network would get more power under a bill proposed Monday by South Dakota Sen. John Thune. The legislation, which follows months of delays on the rail network in South Dakota, North Dakota and neighboring states, would give the Surface Transportation Board greater authority to conduct investigations and make it easier for the agency to advance impo

By Chelsea Gorrow The Register-Guard When it comes to commercial truck safety inspections, Russ Cottrell has heard just about every excuse in his nearly 30 years as Lane County weighmaster. Im on my second generation, the 65-year-old said with a laugh on Monday. I

HE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Federal prosecutors say a Tuscaloosa County freight broker has agreed to plead guilty to bribing two National Guard officials to steer military contracts to two companies he represented. Prosecutors say 60-year-old Daniel Boyd, of Vance, Alabama is charged with two counts of bribery and two counts of mail fraud in a scheme to obtain shippi

A man faces a number of charges for allegedly being intoxicated when he caused the crash of a truck-trailer in rural Warren County late Wednesday night. Illinois State Police in Macomb say the accident happened around 10:15 p.m. on 245th Avenue near the intersection with 130th Street, northeast of Monmouth. Troopers believe 58-year-old Ronald Kepple was driving a truck-tractor hauling a grain trailer eastbound on 245th Avenue when he allegedly

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http://www.thetruckersreport.com/ A worker at a gas station in Arkansas has been found guilty of using drivers credit cards to charge them for fuel they never purchased. Over the course of only a few years, he racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent fuel charges. The fraudster worked at the Horizon Food Mart in Prescott Arkansas and took credit card information from drivers w

As yield projections inch higher and the corn prices sink, Jerry Gulke wants farmers to act as though they have nerves of steel. "The key is to get that stuff put away," says Gulke, president of The Gulke Group in Chicago. "We have more of an ability to manage our financial outcome by having grain storage on the farm or by looking for an elevator. You dont have to sell it just because everyone wants to give you a dollar a bushel less than you think it might be worth,

The Associated Press 9/4/2014 TEXARKANA, Ark. A federal judge has ordered a former food mart employee to pay nearly $600,000 to a commercial trucking company for phony fuel purchases. The Texarkana Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1unv4bz ) Sadiq Sadruddin Lakhani was sentenced Wednesday in Texarkana. He was also ordered to serve six months in federal prison followed by six months of home detention. Prose

Truckers in Los Angeles-Long Beach have complained for years that turn times are lousy oftentimes two hours or longer. Marine terminal operators are adamant that the average turn time is less than one hour. Transportation consultant Val Noronha says both claims are accurate; its the measurement thats flawed. Theres a problem with this, said Noronha, who is president of Digital Geographic Research in Santa Barbara,

http://www.truckinginfo.com/ The owner of a company that provided assistance to truck owners in filing their paperwork and paying taxes has been indicted on several charges, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Florida. Elisa Christina Avila Jackson of Tallahassee, Florida, was arraigned Tuesday in federal court after being charged by a federal grand jury with five counts of wire fraud and one

To prevent truck drivers from using mobile phones while behind the wheel, a Mechanicville company has installed technology that blocks calls, texts and Internet use. DeCrescente Distributing Co. uses devices that keep cellphones or tablets from being used when their trucks are in motion. When a call or text comes in, the nat

By Tammy Leitner and Katy Smyser A truck driver charged with killing five people in a July crash on Interstate 55 had just been granted a renewed permit by the federal government, allowing him to drive commercial tr

"The first barge load of wheat that was shipped through this port occurred in mid-1974 when we built the nine concrete silos." Port Director Bob Portiss is standing on a stage in the middle of a dirt road leading to one of the Port of Catoosa's grain elevators. He says the ports agricultural business has taken off since that first shipment. "And now look at this grain elevator here with about 4 million bushels of storage capacity, another couple million on the other side

WASHINGTON The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration late Wednesday staunchly defended the science used to develop the new Hours of Service rule. The agency was responding to a request by two Congressmen to evaluate two studies the FMCSA used to develop the new rule, which has been roundly criticized by the trucking industry. Using the latest sleep science, data-driven analysis and robust input from stakeholders, FMCSA car

The Department of Transportation has an online tool that allows the public to see motor carrier (read: commercial trucking company) safety and performance data. Its called the Safety Measurement System and it is compiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The SMS is self-described as the one-stop-shop for public motor carrier data and SMS uses the information to identify trucking compan

By Marcus Clem The Morning Sun Brice Elnicki doesn't know if he can move even most of 2014's corn harvest before he'll have next year's crop to deal with. The co-owner and vice president of KAMO Grain in Pittsburg said that in May, it became clear that the four-state area would have a larger than usual harvest, known as a bumper crop. From there, nature and circumstance conspired to produce what Elnicki considers the

By - Associated Press - Monday, September 1, 2014 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A trucking company in the North Dakota oil patch says a lawsuit by a former <

Sioux Center, Iowa Several Sioux County Fire Departments were called in to Sioux Center overnight for the report of a fire at the Farmers Coop Society grain elevator. Reports are that two and a half million bushels of corn are at risk, as corn inside a concrete storage is smoldering and could catch flame. Its a very serious situation. A notice on the Farmers Coop Society web site says simply that the Sioux Center Grain Location WILL NOT be accepting grain until fu

MYSORE: Savitha Hugar sensed trouble when she saw the 10-wheel truck, heavy with sand, trundling towards her. The deputy superintendent of police had been signalling the vehicle to stop but the driver clearly had no such intention. For his bosses had given him clear instructions: to mow down anyone who tried to intercept the truck carrying sand illegally. And if unable to do so, flee from the spot. When the truck was less than 15 feet away, the lady cop darted towards the left of the

Are you ready for long waits, bare store shelves and higher prices? According to Business Insider, the trucking industry has a shortage of 30,000 drivers. The American Trucking Association expects the shortage to skyrocket to 239,000 by 2022. The larger trucking firms expect to lose 91 percent of their drivers each year. Thats more turnovers than Pepperidge Farm! Part of the problem is that not everyone is cut out to be a trucker. (Wow! You mea

FALL RIVER Grain and lots of it should begin flowing in and out of Landmark Service Cooperatives state-of-the-art shuttle-loading grain elevator within a matter of days, now that the storage bins have been built and dryers are ready to handle the 2014 crop. Several hundred Landmark members got their first glimpse of the massive grain-handling facility Aug. 28 during an open house. The open house came about 14 months after a groundbreaking ceremony at the

More than 700 people are reliving the glory days of trucking at the National Road Transport Hall of Fame this weekend. Included in the four day reunion is an induction ceremony honouring people who've made a significant contribution to the industry. Recently retired after 40 years in the driver's seat, Lizard is one of 100 new inductees to be recognised this year. But for this old truckie, it's all about catching up with mates and 'telling lies.' "See

A Clearfield County firm is facing a large judgment in Centre County. On Monday, Centre County Prothonotary Debra Immel signed off on a $148,826.47 judgment against Kephart Trucking Co., previously of Bigler. Also named in the judgment are owners Timothy and David Kephart. The money is owed to Comdata Network Inc., of Brentwood, Tenn. The judgment had previously been filed with the court in Clearfield County, where the company was headquartered. Timothy Kephart, of Morrisdale, i

You may recall last year when we published a story titled Chameleon Carriers Getting Away With It Again about a chameleon carrier in a series of wrecks getting shut down without any further action being taken against the owners. Well now those same owners are back at it, but this time theyre facing the possibility of some major jail time. <

By Keenan Bishop, Published: August 30, 2014 10:52PM Im pleasantly surprised by the number of people who didnt grow up on a farm but are interested in trying their hand at farming. Most want to do it on the side and keep their day job. Others are retiring and want to take over active management of the family farm or retire to one. Many are young and interested in how their

MENDOTA - Ridley Feed Ingredients in Mendota broke ground on a $4.5 million, 12,000-square-foot addition to the existing facility on First Avenue. The addition will be adjacent to the existing building and allow the company to add new equipment for greater batch size flexibility, improved mixing speed and better accuracy. The manufacturing process will be able to better meet new product and packaging requirements. The Mendota expansion is one of four major projects undertaken by t

"This issue needs to be acted on very quickly. There is a very high risk here that hasn't been addressed. We don't need a higher body count before they move forward." It was a mark-my-words moment from National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman at her farewell appearance before stepping down from the position in April. She was speaking about the explosive growth of the use of unsafe tanker cars to haul crude oil extracted from the Bakken reserve in North Dak

Arkansas Business news partner THV 11 News takes a look at the still-unfolding Turner Grain Merchandising situation, noting state Agriculture Department Secretary Butch Calhoun's assistance request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. THV 11 also talks to a farmer, Dewayne Chappell, who's owed money by Turner for corn the company purchased.