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STB spells out when federal rail law overrides local rules

A nonbinding policy statement requested by NGFA and five other groups offers a new test for local rules aimed at rail-served shipper facilities.

Brand Insights

Thermal Performance and Gearbox Selection for Grain Handling Applications

SEW-EURODRIVE, Inc.

SEW-EURODRIVE’s Austin Burdette discusses heat challenges in grain handling gearboxes and how proper thermal management can reduce downtime and extend equipment life.

Thermal Performance and Gearbox Selection for Grain Handling Applications

USDA lifts corn cost forecast as fertilizer bills climb

Fertilizer drove a $21-per-acre jump in USDA's 2026 corn cost forecast, and the agency sees total costs rising again in 2027.

Grain Trade & Export

Lithuania to lab-test every Russian, Belarusian grain shipment

Starting Nov. 16, food grain moving through Lithuania won't clear customs until tests confirm its origin, a process officials say could take two months or longer at shippers' expense.

Grain Trade & Export

USW pitches US wheat blends to Brazilian millers at Abitrigo

With Brazil's wheat crop forecast to fall 22.5%, U.S. Wheat Associates urged millers to weigh the total value of a flour blend rather than wheat price alone.

Five professionals posing at U.S. Wheat Associates conference event

USDA report shows corn harvest slipping further behind average

Iowa's corn harvest sits 17 points behind its five-year pace after a wet week, while soybeans edge ahead and winter wheat ratings improve.

Blue tractor with forage harvester collecting chopped corn silage in agricultural field

Grain Elevators

Canada's top court puts SGS grain inspectors under federal labor law

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada said Montreal inspectors serving six St. Lawrence River elevators fall under derivative federal jurisdiction.

Animal Feed Manufacturers

Utah halts sales of alfalfa cubes after horse deaths

State officials are testing Laub's Feeding and Cubing hay cubes after horses sickened and died in Utah, Nevada and Arizona.

Mennel Milling opens Warehouse 540 in Fostoria, Ohio

The new building is part of an expansion designed to nearly triple Mennel's large-format flour packaging capacity.

Aerial view of large industrial warehouse with white metal roof and loading docks

USDA FAS expects Canadian wheat crop to fall 9.6%

Canada's second-largest wheat crop on record comes with weaker grades, more feed wheat and exports unlikely to match last year's record.

Aerial view of grain field with tire tracks and crop rows extending to horizon

Bayer ships first US load of Group 12 herbicide Convintro

The diflufenican-based pre-emergent herbicide targets resistant waterhemp and Palmer amaranth in corn and soybeans ahead of the 2027 season.

CHS Foundation commits $4.5M to National FFA

The three-year pledge is the foundation's largest-ever investment in ag education. It funds FFA programs in 15 states, scholarships and ag teacher recruitment.

Grain Trade & Export

USTR extends suspension of China ship fees two more months

The two-month extension keeps port fees off Chinese-built and Chinese-operated vessels, a cost soybean and bulk grain exporters warned would land on farmers.

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