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4 Apr 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) adopted a final rule to establish new regulations requiring all Class I railroads and the Chicago Transportation Coordination Office (CTCO), through its Class I members, to report certain service performance metrics on a weekly, semiannual and occasional basis. Originally...
3 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farm groups are pushing the U.S. Senate to vote on Sonny Perdue's confirmation as Agriculture secretary this week before senators go on an extended break, but the odds of Perdue getting cleared before the Easter break seem slim. The Senate is expected to spend the entire week grappling with the ...
3 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Sticking to campaign promises to lower the trade deficit and get tougher with countries that violate trade rules, President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Friday focusing on trade. One of the executive orders involves the Commerce Department compiling a detailed, product-by-p...
3 Apr 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Spring winds swirled through the agrochemical industry Friday with a spinoff of specific DuPont Company assets to FMC Corporation, a sale which helps satisfy regulatory clearance of DuPont's merger with Dow. FMC has signed an agreement to acquire a substantial portion...
1 Apr 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst All winter long, there has been a lot of talk about how new-crop grain prices favored soybean acres this spring, and the bearish-leaning nervousness expressed in this week's soybean trade was palpable. Friday's estimate from USDA that a record-high 89.5 million acres of soybeans would be planted in 2017 was not a shock, ...