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Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation have taken a major step toward their proposed merger, with the shareholders voting yes, but opposition from the outside is strong.

Spring wheat and durum harvest produced a good crop for the most part, but late rains compromised some of the quality.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, finished construction of an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel near Myrtle Grove, Louisiana.

China surprised the USTR when on Friday, Oct. 10, they announced retaliatory U.S ship fees to begin the same day USTR Chinese ship fees were to commence.

The U.S. 2025 hard red winter, soft red winter and soft white winter wheat crops proved to be good quality for the milling and export industry.

A recently proposed merger of the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads is already receiving backlash from rail-served customers.

The North American SAF Conference and Expo will be held Sept. 22-24 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Without a resolution to the U.S. and China tariff spat, China won't be buying our soybeans anytime soon, and that will hurt U.S. farmers.

Union Pacific Railroad is in talks with Norfolk Southern Railway to acquire their company.

The annual Wheat Quality Council Spring Wheat and Durum Tour begins this week with expectations that scouts will see a good crop.

The annual Wheat Quality Council Spring Wheat and Durum Tour begins this week with expectations that scouts will see a good crop.

CHS Inc. announced it is permanently closing its Superior, Wisconsin, grain terminal, the largest in the Port of Duluth-Superior.

Areas in the Southern Plains hard red winter wheat territory have been inundated with heavy rain and severe storms, slowing harvest and negatively affecting quality.

FMCSA reported at the end of May that more than 50 "burdensome" regulations were axed from the Code of Federal Regulations by the Department of Transportation.

After a decision to build a new rail line was vacated in 2023, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the 2021 Surface Transportation Board decision.

The National Grain and Feed Association joined with 38 other leading agricultural organizations asking Congress to prioritize the reauthorization of the nation's surface transportation programs.

Early spring wheat planting was challenging for some farmers in North Dakota, while conditions were better in South Dakota.

The Federal Nagara, the first official saltie of the 2025 ocean shipping season, arrived in the Port of Duluth-Superior April 21.

The Cache River flooding has been almost nonstop for Arkansas farmers in its path who need to finish spring planting.

Starting April 13, the CBOT launched a new hard red spring wheat contract which will trade alongside the Minneapolis MIAX spring wheat contract.