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Decline of immigrant labor has spurred agricultural automation.
President Donald Trump’s pledge to create 25 million jobs in a decade already faces obstacles ranging from a tight labor market to an aging population. His immigration policy raises the hurdles even higher.
Trump says his immigration crackdown won’t hurt agriculture. We’ll see.
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U.S. Sows More Soy as Corn Ends Run as Profit King: Commodities
The company posted a 12 percent drop in fiscal fourth- quarter profit as its trading and processing business continued to feel the effects of drought in the U.S. and a shortage of railcars.
The ripening corn and soybean fields stretch for miles in every direction from Dennis Wentworth’s farm in Downs, Illinois.
BNSF, which has come under scrutiny this year from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board over late grain deliveries, has told some oil shippers its network can’t accommodate more tank cars.