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http://torontosun.com/news/provincial/should-automatic-breaking-systems-be-mandatory-for-trucks Last weeks deadly 14-vehicle Hwy. 400 crash, near Bradford in which two fuel tanker trucks acted as bombs on wheels has triggered calls for the mandatory installation of emergency braking systems for all new trucks exceeding 3,500 kilograms, as the

https://www.agrimoney.com/companies/companies/green-plains-warns-on-cellulosic-ethanol-after-sector-suffers-two-plant-closures-2-41904 The high costs of building cellulosic ethanol plants, of which two closures were revealed in one day, make them a hard equation to justify, Green Plains Ethanol said as it noted too talk

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/xpo-freight-brokerage-hurricane-harvey-irma-peak-shipping/509908/ Q3 2017 was XPO Logistics' best quarter to date, as revenue for the company's transportation segment which includes the freight brokerage and last mile logistics business units increased by $60 million YoY, COO Troy Cooper told Supply Chain Di

https://www.fastcompany.com/40490733/ford-just-made-a-trucker-hat-that-uses-technology-to-save-truckers-lives Being a trucker means driving huge distances on demanding deadlines. And one of the biggest dangers in trucking is the threat of drivers falling asleep at the wheel. To celebrate 60 years of truck production in Brazil, Ford decided to try to help the problem

http://www.indmin.com/Article/3763985/Frac-sand-companies-report-rising-revenues-as-prices-soar.html A sharp rise in frac sand prices boosted margins at Emerge Energy Services and Hi-Crush in Q3. Frac sand miners Emerge Energy Services and Hi-Crush Partners reported soaring profits in Q3 2017, as prices for the

http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/2457658.html About 72,500 bushels of alternating red and white milo form a patterned mound at the Frenchman Valley facility in McCook.

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/bunge-profit-falls-percent-on-higher-costs/article_2e70f563-0dbe-5b02-8da3-4d49f5e6804d.html U.S. agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd. on Wednesday cut its 2017 earnings forecast for its core agribusiness unit amid a four-year slump in grain prices due to a series of bumper harvests.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/11/02/global-oversupply-grains-puts-squeeze-on-giant-processors.html Farmers have spent the past few years cutting their spending to cope with a global glut of crops. Now it's commodity traders' turn.

http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/alan-webber-truckers-make-the-world-go-round/article_c001fb55-5e4e-5de7-89a1-f63a6468eae6.html Most trucking companies plan a week of events for their drivers, including bonuses, gifts, drawings and food. They even make dispatchers talk nicely to them. Major truck stop chains

http://www.agriculture.com/markets/analysis/the-future-of-grain-marketing Grain marketing was never simple, but technological advances in the past decade have made it a bit easier for producers spending long days behind the wheel of a planter or a combine to make business decisions.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2017/10/31/ag-shippers-still-waiting-on-eld-delay-request Earlier this month, a coalition of agricultural trade organizations asked the DOT to delay the ELD mandate for one year for agricultural carriers. The group includes the Agricultural Retailers Association, the National Corn Growers Association, the National Grain & Feed Association, the U.S

http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/regulation_vs._deregulation_both_are_costing_shippers_billions All of the carriers I have had the chance to ask tell me that we dont need more regulation. Theyre indeed regulated by many state and federal agencies in almost all aspects of their operations.

http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=832604 Despite the prospect of a pricing rebound for truckload carriers due to the electronic logging device mandate, better opportunities exist in truck brokerage.

https://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/2017/10/30/make-sure-you-get-paid-what-youre-owed/ Before making a delivery, make sure the company is licensed by the Canadian Grain Commission, which requires licensed grain companies to provide security to cover money owed to producers for deliveries. Unregulated grains and deliveries of any grain to unlicensed grain companies arent el