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Government, Business, Logistics

Iowa Issues 30-Day Overweight Permits for Harvest Season

corn truck

Iowa has issued a proclamation that allows overweight loads for vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, fodder, fertilizer and manure to be overweight for 30 days.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
September 18, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

Low Mississippi River Limits Barges

Mississippi River

DES MOINES, Iowa — Hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to send corn and soybeans downriver.

Scott McFedridge | Associated Press
September 18, 2023
Business, Equipment

Deere Raises Profit Outlook With Farmer Demand Still Strong

Deere equipment

Deere & Co. lifted its financial outlook for the year as machinery demand from farmers remained robust despite slumping crop prices.

Michael Hirtzer | Bloomberg News
August 18, 2023

Washington Truckers, Farmers Seek Exemption Compliance

Truck hauling produce

A Washington trucking group and farm agency have given the state Department of Ecology a deadline to answer how it will comply with a new carbon price added to most fuel that should be exempt.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
June 28, 2023
Government, Business, Fuel

USDA Offers Up to $500 Million in Biofuel Grants

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that up to $500 million in federal funds are available to boost supplies of American-made biofuel.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
June 28, 2023
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety, Logistics, TCA

Georgia Senate Backs Higher Truck Weights

Georgia State Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch

The Georgia state Senate on March 23 approved a measure that would temporarily allow vehicles carrying forestry and agricultural products to weigh up to 88,000 pounds on Georgia roads.

David Wickert | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 24, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

FMCSA Denies Livestock Haulers HOS Exemption

A livestock hauler transporting pigs

Federal trucking regulators have denied a joint application request for an exemption that would allow truckers transporting livestock, insects and aquatic animals to drive a total of 15 hours during the 16-hour period following 10 consecutive hours off duty.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
December 6, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

West Coast Ports, USDA Offer Incentives for Agriculture Shipments

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The Port of Oakland, along with those in Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said they are working together to provide financial incentives for U.S. growers to ship agriculture products through the ports.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
June 7, 2022
Business, Logistics

Port of Oakland Plans Pop-Up Terminal for Ag Exports

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Beginning in early March, the Port of Oakland, with the help of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will set up and operate a 22-acre, multimillion-dollar pop-up container yard specifically for agricultural exports.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
February 2, 2022
Business, Equipment

Deere Workers Go On Strike After Rejecting Contract

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MOLINE, Ill. — More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Oct. 13, the first major walkout at the agricultural machinery giant in more than three decades.

Associated Press
October 14, 2021

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