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By Valory Schoenecker [email protected] http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_29114128/want-be-trucker-heres-what-you-need-know According to Bob Collins, owner of Interstate Truck Driving School in South St. Paul, a driver can expect ongoing drug testing. For example, on the first day of the job, a driver is required to provide a urine sample. Beyond pr

http://www.wiscnews.com/business/article_c95c4eda-b718-5eee-9af4-e92b7ae58362.html United Cooperative, based out of Beaver Dam, recently acquired four grain and agronomy locations from Archer Daniels Midland in Auroraville, Oshkosh, Ripon and Westfield. The four facilities sold to United Cooperative have a combined grain storage capacity of over 13 million. United Cooperative also acquired the retail agronomy locations at Westfield and Auroraville. The Oshkosh location inclu

Colin Barrett, president, Barrett Transportation Consultants http://www.joc.com/regulation-policy/transportation-regulations/us-transportation-regulations/your-role-broker-should-be-transparent_20151112.html Q: Were a broker. We also have another company

By KASIA PATEL With fracking activity showing no sign of rebounding, demand and prices for frac sand and resin-coated proppants deteriorated further over the quarter. However, Fairmount believes that as supply continues to consolidate the company has managed to retain market share http://www.indmin.com/Article/3506010/Fairmount-reports-46m-loss-in-Q3-as-frac-sand-demand-deteriorates-further.html

http://www.world-grain.com/articles/news_home/World_Grain_News/2015/11/Cargill_officially_opens_compa.aspx?ID=%7B398492F3-DE26-4F65-9581-83D4FB905BAB%7D SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA Cargill marked a significant milestone with the official opening of its Agri Purina feed mill plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, reaffirming its investment in the country and signaling its continued commitment to sustainable growth of Koreas feed and livestock industry. Cargill said itsfeed m

http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/11/10/think-complain-trucks-truckers/75507634/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin= Opinion page regarding trucker complaints: I need to clear up the needless comments starting with a reader who complained about a driver of a semi-tractor trailer stopping to get a drink and or lunch at a fast food place. First off, a truck driver cannot stop anywhere he would like because of the size of his truck. He cant

KIMT News 3 This years harvest, is being called a bumper harvest. Meaning farmers may not be making profit due to too much quantity, and an area grain elevator is seeing that too much quantity firsthand. Operations Manager Bobby Weiner with Cartersville Grain Elevator in Nora Springs is a little stressed these days. We were very nervous for a couple of days. Because we dont want to turn any business away, and want to take care of our

By Murray Weiss https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151110/civic-center/dozens-of-fuel-oil-company-execs-truck-drivers-arrested-fraud-scheme NEW YORK CITY More than 40 owners, executives and truck drivers from some of the city's largest fuel oil companies were arrested Tuesday in connection to a massive swindle of city agencies and some of Manhattan's most prominen

By Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20151109/fedex-truck-drivers-based-in-gardena-threaten-to-strike-through-the-holidays About 80 Gardena-based FedEx Freight drivers refused to work Monday in the first strike against the company, protesting alle

Chris Brooks, executive editor, The Journal of Commerce http://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/freight-rates-crystal-ball-transportation-providers_20151108.html There may be no better indicator of how shippers view the transportation landscape than in how they see freight rates trending through next

http://www.bdtonline.com/opinion/it-s-hard-to-make-plans-as-a-trucker-but/article_1a41aea0-8598-11e5-abf1-5bd981d891f2.html I hated getting fired from my first truck-driving job, although I should have been fired weeks or even months before. Oddly enough, today is the 42nd anniversary of that inauspicious moment in my employment history. At the time, I had only been driving truck for four months, but in that short period of time, I had barely broken even for the broker I was pullin

By BRIAN JOSEPH, FAIRWARNING http://wfpl.org/heavy-spending-trucking-industry-pushes-congress-relax-safety-rules/ This story was reported and produced by FairWarning. Big rig crashes kill <

by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work http://fleetowner.com/blog/human-heart-trucking It almost goes without saying that a wide cross-section of the American public maintains a cartoonish image of the trucking industry. Just scan the mainstream media for stories about truck drivers to see what I

http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/regional/national-transportation-bill-will-affect-farmers-in-the-midwest/article_179a4750-8342-11e5-9d14-3337d9896e3e.html

By Andy Eubank http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/ag-loses-out-on-defeat-of-trucking-weight-increase/ This week the Safe, Flexible and Efficient (SAFE) Trucking Act amendment was defeated in the U.S. House, although the Highway Bill to which it was attached did pass. Many in agriculture supported the amendment which would have permitted states to increase a trucks maximum weight to 91,000 pounds on interstate h

http://deltafarmpress.com/soybeans/consolidated-grain-and-barge-opens-new-grain-terminal-tunica-county Officials at Consolidated Grain and Barge Company say that if one of your trucks takes more than two minutes to unload its corn, soybeans, grain sorghum or rice at their new grain terminal near Tunica, Miss., you may need to talk to the driver. Farmers have learned that as more acres have been planted to corn, grain sorghum and soybeans in the Delta region, lines have been

http://www.world-grain.com/articles/news_home/World_Grain_News/2015/11/Ag_organizations_urge_passage.aspx?ID=%7B6874119B-E53B-4565-90D5-CB9B3ED39D66%7D&cck=1 WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. More than 70 of the U.S.'s leading food and agriculture associations including the American Farm Bureau, American Fruit and Vegetable Processors and Growers Coalition, American Soybean Association, International Dairy Foods Association, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National

BY JOAN LOWYTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.pressherald.com/2015/11/03/lawmakers-reject-plan-for-heavier-truck-traffic-on-highways/ WASHINGTON A controversial proposal to allow heavier trucks on interstate highways in an effort to save shippers time and money was rejected by the House on Tuesday, one of dozens of amendments expected to be offered to a sweeping transportation bill t

Survey: US Shippers shifting more freight from rail to truck than vice versa Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Edito

Trucking prices will begin to rally this quarter, while remaining vulnerable to fluctuations in the oil market. Trucking is one of the first modes of freight transportation to see prices gain traction due to the drop in oil prices. As expected, slight price declines came through in the second quarter of this year. Now the industry is poised to begin increasing prices once again on the basis of healthy demand and continued difficulty in finding qualified drivers. On the other hand, softness in

http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/business/no-change-expected-to-truck-sizes-on-highways-1.1965493 Maximum truck weights on interstate highways will stay where they are for now. The U.S. Department of Transportation will tell Congress in the near future it will not recommend increasing truck weights, after a two-plus year study into whether truck weights should be increased came back inconclusive. Christopher Dan Walston, a transportation planner with the

YRC Worldwide Inc. climbed the most in more than two years after posting third-quarter earnings that beat analysts estimates, suggesting to some that the truckers seven-year losing streak will finally end in 2015. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization were $99.1 million, beating the $81.5 million average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg, marking the best third quarter since 2008, the company said Thursday. While the trucking company mov

http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Truck-owners-firm-on-new-rates-say-will-strike-work/94996.html They also said the existing contract system which was exploiting them, had to be scrapped immediately. They said in case the truckers were forced to transport the ore at the old rates by the government and mining companies, they would block the roads. The truck owners also said a dele

By Land Line staff http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=30042#.VjYj_9WrTnA

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/258690-trucking-fights-rev-up-as-house-preps-multiyear-highway-bill Fights over a host of proposed changes to truck safety regulations are heating up as the House is preparing to move a long-term highway funding bill next week. Truck companies are pushing Congress to increase a current limit of 28-foot trailers on trucks t

By Eric Lindquist http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_29049510/frac-sand-industry-falters-oil-prices-drop As the frac sand industry literally rose from the ground under west-central Wisconsin's rolling hills in the past few years, Tom and Jeff Bischel were among the folks who hoped to cash in on the boom. With hundreds of people suddenly working at the sand

http://ksn.com/2015/10/29/feds-award-kansas-7-other-states-money-to-track-truck-parking/ WICHITA, Kan. The Federal Highway Administration Thursday announced Kansas and seven other states will share $25 million to address critical truck parking issues in the Midwest. In a news release, Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Mike King said the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant was awarded to the Mid America Association of State Transpo

Ive been ankle deep in the fall run lately delivering feed and cattle to their winter destinations at ranches and feedlots around the area. There have been a few early mornings and some fairly late nights out shredding the pavement on our highways and pounding over the washboard on backroads. I dont mind the long hours too much its a part of the industry we have to manage as safely as we can. I dont like getting into the whole

By Brian Joseph FairWarning http://fcir.org/2015/10/28/heavy-spending-trucking-industry-pushes-congress-to-relax-safety-rules/ Big rig crashes kill nearly 4,000 Americans each year and injure more than 85,000. Since 2009, fatalities involving large trucks have increased 17 percent. Injuries have gone up 28 percent.

By Jacqui Fatka http://feedstuffs.com/story-congress-passes-short-term-highway-bill-45-133609 The House and Senate passed a short-term extension of the highway bill to Nov. 20 that includes language extending the deadline for rail carriers to install positive train control (PTC) technology for three years to Dec. 31, 2018. The House floor action foll

By Karl Plume and Tom Polansek http://news.yahoo.com/wants-corn-us-farmers-grapple-another-super-crop-125252578.html LAKE CRYSTAL, Minn./CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. grain warehouses are filling up so fast with a bumper harvest that they are storing soybeans and corn out in the open despite the risk of damage and even refusing crops from far

As a result of reduced market activity in oil and gas, Hi-Crush incurred head count reduction charges over the third quarter. With a seasonal slowdown expected to be deeper than usual and frac sand prices anticipated to continue to decline, the company has also suspended Q4 distribution. North American proppant supplier Hi-Crush Partners LP has reported a loss of $18.1m for the third quarter of 2015, down from net income of $37m the previous year owing to one-time ex

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. executives say weak demand and too much capacity are limiting the ability of trucking companies to command higher rates http://www.wsj.com/articles/trucking-prices-undercut-by-sluggish-demand-1446049311

http://www.truckingnewsonline.com/equipment/page-trucking-ensures-east-dump-trailers-built-to-customers-needs/ Specializing in agriculture, industrial and environmental cleanup, Page Trucking, with headquarters in Weedsport, N.Y., can haul any bulk commodity in North America from its numerous U.S. locations. Dan Titus, president, said his fleet