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 […]
The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) is pleased to announce that members have elected Chris Boerm, president of global transportation at Archer Daniels Midland Co. in Decatur, Ill., as NGFA chairman for a one-year term. Boerm previously served as first vice chair and second vice chair before being elected this year as NGFA chairman […]
ARLINGTON, Va., March 6, 2024 — The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to finalize a new climate reporting rule without a previously proposed requirement for U.S.-listed companies to disclose Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) issued the following statement: “Calculating Scope 3 emissions is widely recognized as being […]
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 29, 2024 – During the National Grain and Feed Association’s (NGFA) 128th annual convention on March 17-19, top agribusiness leaders will gather at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in Orlando, Fla., to address upcoming opportunities for agribusiness, conduct annual Association business and celebrate NGFA’s active membership. “Our lineup of agribusiness leaders […]
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 2, 2024 — The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) today commended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) for issuing a decision to revoke a decades-old regulatory policy that has kept innovative feed ingredients from being available to American agriculture. “CVM’s decision is an important step toward […]
NGFA submits comments to House subcommittee ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 30, 2024 — In written testimony submitted today to the House Energy and Commerce Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee, the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) expressed the concerns of the agricultural industry regarding a settlement deal between the Biden administration, state governments, and environmental […]
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