ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 12, 2017 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) on Oct. 11 told the Surface Transportation Board (STB) about continuing shortcomings by CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT) to provide reliable, consistent and predictable rail service to a significant number of NGFA-member companies that operate on the carrier’s lines. Further, NGFA recommended that the agency require the railroad to submit a detailed service recovery plan containing specific, meaningful service-improvement metrics and timetable for restoring service to acceptable levels. NGFA was one of 24 ... Read More
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NGFA, NAEGA commend Secretary of Agriculture Perdue for relocating FGIS to AMS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2017 – The nation’s two preeminent grain trade associations whose member companies directly utilize and fund services provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) today commended Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue for relocating the agency to the department’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Perdue announced the action earlier this afternoon as part of a second tranche of USDA reorganization designed to strengthen and enhance the department’s customer-service focus and maximize efficiency. In doing so, Perdue ... Read More
NGFA, Ag Transportation Working Group, urge STB to hold CSXT accountable for service failures
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 17, 2017 - The Agricultural Transportation Working Group - a diverse network of national farm, commodity group and agribusiness organizations, including the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) - called upon the Surface Transportation Board (STB) today to aggressively continue its efforts to examine the underlying reasons for the precipitous, deteriorating rail service being provided by CSXT. "We are concerned that CSXT's already-chronic service problems may only worsen as demand for rail service increases during the fall peak season, which will include ... Read More
NGFA commends FDA for delaying animal food facility inspections under FSMA
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 11, 2017 -- The NGFA today commended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its decision to delay until the fall of 2018 inspections of the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls requirements implemented under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine Director Dr. Steve Solomon on Aug. 10 announced the one-year delay from the upcoming Sept. 18, 2017, compliance date in place for large animal food facilities (facilities that are part of a company with 500 or more employees) during the opening day of the Association ... Read More
NGFA, NAEGA outline trade priorities for Trump administration
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2017 – The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and the North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA) submitted a joint statement to the Trump administration this week regarding the performance of free trade agreements. In response to a solicitation for comments from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) regarding the administration’s assessment of free trade agreements and the nation’s trade relations with other members of the World Trade Organization, the NGFA and NAEGA identified opportunities to ... Read More
NGFA: Invest now in nation’s transportation infrastructure or fall farther behind
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 -- The United States needs to make more strategic, significant and predictable investments in the U.S. transportation infrastructure or risk having U.S. agriculture lose its competitive export advantage to foreign countries, the National Grain and Feed Association told Congress today. "Over the last decade, I have witnessed an alarming decline in the historical competitive advantage that our transportation infrastructure has provided U.S. agriculture, and the corresponding increase in investment in critical infrastructure being made by our foreign competitors," ... Read More
NGFA, NAEGA urge preserving NAFTA benefits for food and ag sector
ARLINGTON, Va., June 27, 2017 - The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA) today urged the Trump administration to preserve the considerable benefits the U.S. food and agriculture sector has gained as it begins the process of negotiating a modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In testimony presented during the first of three days of NAFTA public hearings hosted by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office, the NGFA and NAEGA also recommended several improvements that could enhance cross-border ... Read More
NGFA: Resolution of sugar dispute with Mexico sets positive tone for NAFTA talks
ARLINGTON, Va., June 6, 2017 - The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) today commended U.S. and Mexican negotiators for reaching an agreement in principle addressing U.S. imports of Mexican sugar, saying that once finalized it will help remove a significant trade irritant as all-important negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement begin later this summer. "We commend Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo and their teams for their determination, persistence and diligence in reaching this sugar-suspension agreement," ... Read More
NGFA supports effort to update truck weight limits
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2017 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) recently joined in signing a letter to Congress supporting a pilot program designed to obtain information on the safety and environmental benefits of increasing the maximum commercial truck weight on interstate highways. In the letter sent to leaders of the House Appropriations Committee, more than 80 transportation stakeholders noted that it's been 35 years since the government last updated the gross vehicle weight (GVW) limit of 80,000 pounds for federal interstate highways. Meanwhile, all 50 states have ... Read More
NGFA and leaders of U.S. Food & Ag Dialogue for Trade commend USTR on NAFTA notification
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2017 - The National Grain and Feed Association is a leader on the Implementing Team of the U.S. Food and Agriculture Dialogue for Trade (Dialogue), which today commended U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer for officially notifying Congress given the Trump administration's previously announced intent to negotiate a "modernization" of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Mexico and Canada. "Our North American trading partners represent U.S. food and agriculture's largest export market, with total U.S. agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico more ... Read More
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