NGFA and 19 other Agricultural Transportation Working Group members 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) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), has threatened to strike as they negotiate labor […]
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 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 […]
In comments submitted on March 29 to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), NGFA said it does not oppose the Canadian National Railway Company’s (CN) proposed acquisition of Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR) but urged STB to condition any approval of CN’s application on actions to preserve competition and customer service. NGFA outlined several conditions that […]
NGFA led 24 other agricultural groups to endorse the confirmation of Patrick Fuchs for another term at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in a letter to leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee. In the Feb. 29 letter to Chairwoman Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Ranking Member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the groups praised Fuchs’ “deep understanding of […]
NGFA supported legislation recently introduced in the House and Senate that would nullify the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) rule imposing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation. The bill, introduced by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.; and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.; and Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., addresses […]
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced a bill that would prevent any future shutdowns of rail crossings between the U.S. and Mexico. The Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Act, introduced on Feb. 8 with Sens. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb.; Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; and Rick Scott, R-Fla., as co-sponsors, requires that Department of Homeland Security staff […]
The NGFA signed an open letter calling on countries to align with a mission to support safe maritime commerce in the Red Sea, where terrorist attacks have caused more than $80 billion in cargo to be diverted around the Cape of Good Hope. More than 100 organizations whose members depend on safe and secure ocean […]
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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