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DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $5 lower versus one week ago.

A second rail union has voted down the tentative contract agreement presented in mid-September for approval by the 12 rail unions.

The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers are reaching record-breaking low levels, causing more headaches for everyone trying to get commodities moving up and down the river.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $3 lower versus one week ago.

Besides the sandbars grounding barges and creating havoc for river terminals and farmers, saltwater is leaking into the Mississippi River at New Orleans.

Export Exchange is a biennial educational and trade forum for U.S. feed grains that will host a mix of nearly 500 international buyers, importers and domestic suppliers.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $4 lower versus one week ago.

The third largest U.S rail union on Monday voted not to ratify the recent tentative agreement between their workers and the Class 1 railroads.

Hearings were held recently by the Surface Transportation Board to hear from interested parties to express the pros and cons of a merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $6 lower versus one week ago.

The Mississippi River is in dire need of rain throughout the system as terminals struggle to load out harvest bushels.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $4 higher versus one week ago.

Water levels in the Lower Mississippi River have been falling for months and relief may not be in sight.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $4 higher versus one week ago.

The U.S. all-winter wheat harvest is almost complete as the Pacific Northwest has less than 10% of the crop left to harvest.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $9 higher versus one week ago.

After years of failed negotiations, the rail unions and U.S. Class 1 railroads reached a tentative agreement, avoiding a rail strike.

In less than one week, rail workers could walk off the job, leaving railroads stranded and commerce in an uproar.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $3 higher versus one week ago.

The deadline is approaching next week to end the 30-day cooling off period for rail workers to accept the latest contract proposals from the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB 250), and not all unions have agreed to the terms. Agricultural groups have called for Congress to...