ARLINGTON, Va., May 24, 2024 — The House Agriculture Committee advanced a farm bill that includes several important provisions for the grain, feed and processing industry. The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (H.R. 8472) passed out of committee on a 33-21 vote early on May 24. National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) […]
ARLINGTON, Va., May 22, 2024 — The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) today commended the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for unanimously advancing the Thomas R. Carper Water Resource Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which authorizes navigation and ecosystem restoration projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). NGFA released the […]
ARLINGTON, Va., May 21, 2024 — The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) urged the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to take action to avert a rail strike or lockout in comments submitted May 21. Shutdowns or slowdowns of rail-dependent facilities would result “in harmful consequences for Canada’s agricultural producers and industry as well as domestic […]
ARLINGTON, Va., May 13, 2024 — President Joe Biden announced the designation of Robert Primus as chairman of the Surface Transportation Board (STB). National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) President and CEO Mike Seyfert issued the following statement: “NGFA congratulates Chairman Primus on his appointment to this well-deserved role. Under his leadership, STB can continue […]
ARLINGTON, Va., May 9, 2024 — The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and 19 other members of the Agricultural Transportation Working Group urged Canadian leaders to take action to avoid a rail strike that could begin as soon as May 22. The Teamsters Canada union, which represents 9,000 workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) […]
ARLINGTON, Va., April 30, 2024 — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) published its final rules on reciprocal switching for inadequate service. The rules published today provide shippers and receivers captive to a single Class I railroad the opportunity to use Board-directed arrangements to switch to an alternative carrier if the incumbent carrier’s service falls below […]
ARLINGTON, Va., April 26, 2024 — Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Martin Oberman announced today that he will retire from the Board on May 10. Chairman Oberman, who took office in January 2019, gave notice in November 2023 that he would not seek renomination to a second term and would depart the agency in early […]
ARLINGTON, Va., April 26, 2024 – The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA), Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS), and Grain Journal have announced that CONVEY’24 will be held again this year in Omaha, Neb., on July 23-25, 2024. CONVEY‘24 is a unique opportunity for grain handling and processing employees and leaders to gain practical […]
ARLINGTON, Va., April 17, 2024 — In a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) said the county estimates for crops and livestock recently discontinued by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are critical to the business operations of the grain, feed and processing industry. The U.S. Department […]
ARLINGTON, Va., April 5, 2024 — The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and other members of the Agricultural Transportation Working Group urged U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to deny the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) request to authorize zero emissions standards for freight locomotives in California. The proposed CARB regulations “pose […]
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