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Rural infrastructure costs farmers time, fuel and safety.

Missouri farmers use the Canton Ferry to transport grain across the Mississippi River to an elevator in Meyer, Ill.

Facing our challenges to guarantee our competitive edge

A recent study shows that farmers, more than any other segment of agriculture, are responsible for paying the transportation costs from the farm to the dinner plate.

Co-op investment tightens basis, but venture is not risk-free.

Truck rates are running well below a year ago and most U.S. fresh produce shipping districts had adequate to surplus truck availability in late May.

Truck rates moved strongly higher in south Texas and Arizona in early June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports.

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.

Minnesota officials and propane suppliers say they’re better prepared to avoid repeating the shortages that hit much of the Midwest last winter.

Gov. Mark Dayton is urging the federal government to step in on railroad delays hitting Minnesota grain farmers.