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May 28, 2024

K-State signs five-year baking partnership with Brazil's PMAN

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Aberdeen Carolina & Western wins $19.9M rail grant

Aberdeen Carolina & Western wins $19.9M rail grant

The North Carolina short line, which serves Perdue and Mountaire feed operations, will lay about 30 miles of welded rail to handle heavier cars.

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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

Nationwide equips 67 fire departments for grain bin rescues

The insurer's 2026 Grain Bin Safety awards bring its total to 519 departments in 35 states since 2014, with at least 19 lives saved.

Firefighters in yellow gear conduct training exercises near a large metal grain silo with fire trucks parked in the background.

Grain Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention

Nova Scotia crews control fire in grain elevator dust system

Flames 135 feet up in the port elevator's dust-handling equipment drew a three-alarm response, with a vessel docked alongside the facility.

Red and white fire truck with hexagonal grille and emergency lights parked in garage

Grain Facility Renovations & Builds

5V opens shuttle train grain receiver in Texas Panhandle

The Dalhart, Texas, facility gives Five Rivers Cattle Feeding a rail-fed grain source for its regional feedyards in a major US cattle feeding hub.

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USDA reports record-low September feedlot placements

Feedlots placed 12% fewer cattle in September than a year earlier, the smallest September total since USDA's monthly series began in 1996.

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Low Mississippi River puts Southern grain basis at risk

Arkansas research shows more than half of a barge rate increase can reach Southern farmers as weaker basis, as ACBL cuts tow sizes 13%.

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Grain Facility Renovations & Builds

ADM upgrades Nebraska ethanol plant to grind 20M more bushels

Two rounds of upgrades at the Columbus, Nebraska, dry mill are expected to raise annual corn demand by 20 million bushels over 2025 levels by 2027.

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Grain Merchandising

CoBank warns heavy farmer selling raises elevator liquidity risk

Industry estimates cited by CoBank put margin calls from a $1 rally across corn, soybean and wheat futures at about $9.6 billion for commercial grain firms.

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China buys 2.18 million metric tons of US soybeans in one week

Chinese buyers accounted for more than three-quarters of weekly U.S. soybean sales, while corn sales climbed and wheat sales slipped.

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Grain Trade & Export

Record diesel costs push grain freight rates higher across all modes

USDA's transportation update shows shippers moving a record soybean crop and near-record corn crop at higher rail, barge and ocean rates.

Rural grain elevator facility with metal storage silos and concrete tower structure

Grain Trade & Export

Soybean export sales jump as grain barge traffic rebounds

USDA's weekly transportation data show stronger export demand, busier rail and barge movement and diesel prices more than $2.65 a gallon above a year ago.

Industrial port with blue and red cargo ship docked at grain elevators under clear sky

Grain Supply Chain

Drought eases on southern Plains as Delta dryness deepens

Winter wheat area in drought fell to 49% after heavy rain in Texas and Oklahoma, while exceptional drought spread across southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana.

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