Four Class I Railroads Summoned to Washington by STB Over Poor Service
The Surface Transportation Board said they have been hearing informally from a broad range of stakeholders about inconsistent and unreliable rail service.
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The Surface Transportation Board said they have been hearing informally from a broad range of stakeholders about inconsistent and unreliable rail service.
The daily DTN National Corn Index midweek showed corn bids in some parts of the Midwest and Southern Plains have surpassed the $8 cash price.
That's actually up at a double digit rate, 10%, and across the board, a lot of double digit increases. there's so many factors going into that, not the least of which is, of course, the transportation costs that escalated during the month and made it more expensive to deliver food to our grocery stores and to restaurants and bars out there. but more importantly, we also have lost -- we're losing a lot of grain, soybean, corn production, out of russia and ukraine due to the war and it's triggering what could be a global hunger situation, which is very bad. you layer that on top of disruptions w...
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Banding dry fertilizer prior to planting corn, or possibly in-season, can help farmers get the most out of costly nutrients and boost yields.