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A slight surplus of trucks was reported in several U.S. shipping districts, but truck rates increased in California in early April.

All agriculture haulers could be exempted from using electronic logging devices (ELD) if the latest version of the Agricultural Business Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2018 advances through Congress.

Fair Oaks milk trucks no longer use diesel. Instead, they head to dairy manufacturing plants to fill up.

Company says it will invest $3 million for upgrades to the facility formerly owned by Michigan farmer Mike Stamp.

The delays have stretched dangerously close to grain harvesting season, when barges need to carry wheat, soybeans and corn from throughout the Midwest down to the Gulf Coast for export.

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.

Since farmers’ profits are dropping this year alongside crop prices, bridge-infrastructure needs have come into sharper focus.

Despite the government shutdown, proponents of legislation authorizing new waterway projects and improvements on the existing lock and dam system, believe the bill could pass.

North Dakota’s congressional delegation is pressing Canadian Pacific Railway to provide details of its backlog of grain shipments, saying farmers need detailed information with fall harvest fast approaching.

The new U.S. Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund is designed to connect rural projects in need of funding with interested investors and lenders.