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Saudi Arabia, Russia Plan to Extend Oil Cut Through Year-End
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed Sept. 5 to extend their voluntary oil production cuts through the end of this year.
The perpetual truck driver shortage is not real
The seemingly perpetual marketwide truck driver shortage is not real, nor is it marketwide. While specific fleets can and do have driver shortages — i.e., unseated trucks — the trucking market quickly corrects. There also…
Acertus acquires vehicle transporter RCG Logistics
Automotive logistics-as-a-service platform Acertus announced Tuesday its acquisition of transportation provider and vehicle resale company RCG Logistics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition positions…
Harvest 2023: Wheat and barley grain quality in decline
Farmers Weekly Wheat and barley grain quality is sliding following poor summer weather, with yields also proving slightly disappointing. See also: Harvest 2023: Wheat quality suffering as Hagberg levels fall Devon The…
Farmers left demoralised after vandals burn and slash bales
Farmers Weekly A farmer and his team have been left feeling demoralised after vandals caused more than £2,000 worth of damage to their farm in Surrey. Between 20 and 30 wrapped haylage bales were pushed off the heap at the…
Chevron Buys Land for Possible New Facility Outside Houston
Chevron Corp. bought a plot of land the size of almost 60 football fields just outside of Houston in preparation for what could become a new research-and-development campus.
Defra ministers mull epi culling to tackle TB spread
Farmers Weekly Defra plans to consult on reserving the right to targeted badger culling to tackle bovine TB where epidemiological assessment points to a reservoir of disease in wildlife, according to reports. The…
NFUS leads demands for food security ahead of Ag Bill launch
Farmers Weekly Pressure is mounting on the Scottish government to put more effort into delivering food security for the nation as it prepares to launch a new Agriculture Bill later this month. That bill will lay the…
Man sentenced after his dogs kill 22 pregnant sheep
Farmers Weekly The owner of two dogs has been fined £900 and banned from keeping dogs for five years following a horrific attack on livestock on a north Wales farm. The incident happened in sheds at a farm managed by farmer…
Who is Steve Reed, Labour’s new shadow Defra secretary?
Farmers Weekly Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer made Croydon North MP Steve Reed shadow Defra secretary yesterday. But what are his views on farming? Ahead of Sir Keir’s long-awaited reshuffle yesterday, Oldham MP Jim McMahon –…
