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9 Jan 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Part one of this two-part column looks at the performance of Class 1 rail carriers during 2016 and the challenges they faced throughout the year. ** The year started out slow for the railroads due to low grain prices and a slowdown in coal and oil shipments. In March 2016, Matthew Rose, chairman of BNSF Railwa...
9 Jan 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Part one of this two-part column looks at the performance of Class 1 rail carriers during 2016 and the challenges they faced throughout the year. ** The year started out slow for the railroads due to low grain prices and a slowdown in coal and oil shipments. In March 2016, Matthew Rose, chairman of BNSF Railwa...
9 Jan 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent PHOENIX (DTN) -- American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall, a Georgia farmer, said here Sunday that he is neutral on who President-elect Donald Trump selects as agriculture secretary, even though one of the leading candidates is former Georgia Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue. Duvall, who was e...
9 Jan 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent PHOENIX (DTN) -- American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall, a Georgia farmer, said here Sunday that he is neutral on who President-elect Donald Trump selects as agriculture secretary, even though one of the leading candidates is former Georgia Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue. Duvall, who was e...
9 Jan 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter PHOENIX (DTN) -- There are more questions than answers about the details and timing of the next farm bill debate, two key staffers for the House and Senate agriculture committees told an overflow audience of farmers at the American Farm Bureau Federation's national conference here Sunday. Congress faces a wave of bi...