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Sheep dairy targets gross margin rise with twice-a-day milking
Farmers Weekly After trialling a more extensive, once-a-day milking system with their 300-head flock, Tom and Helen Garland are preparing to return to twice-a-day milking to increase gross margin by more than £200 a ewe each…
Why share farming is on the rise in as margins tighten
Farmers Weekly The use of share farming agreements could rise as tighter gross margins and further cuts to direct subsidies in England make alternative arrangements such as contract farming less relevant. Share farming…
Arable farmers outline their crop rotation tweaks for 2023-24
Farmers Weekly While the final word on the current season will become apparent after the combine has finished, some conclusions can already be drawn, and plans begin to be formalised. What might be changing on each of our…
Uber Freight temporarily suspends loads to Yellow
While speculation throughout the industry rises over Yellow Corp.’s ultimate fate and some question which shippers and intermediaries have already stopped working with the company, one outfit has made it public that it won’t…
Marten sees minor pullback from Q1, sharper drop from a year ago
While year-on-year comparisons are the standard for earnings seasons, comparisons this year between the first and second quarters are necessary to grasp how much worse things were for trucking between April and June relative…
Nevada to Build Truck Parking Areas Along Northern I-80
New truck parking construction will start this summer on a northern Nevada freight route on Interstate 80 at the Golconda Summit.
UPS, Teamsters Agree to Resume Talks
UPS Inc. and its union will resume labor talks after negotiations had stalled earlier this month as the company seeks to head off a strike that could occur as early as Aug. 1.
‘Brain trust’ used game to teach workers how to price shipping in ’70s
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. Every week, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of…
Parsec Receives Strategic Investment from BVP Forge to Accelerate Manufacturing Operations Management for Enterprises
ANAHEIM, Calif. (July 18, 2023) – Today, Parsec Automation Corp, a trailblazer in Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) software, announced a major recapitalization led by BVP Forge, designed to fuel future growth. Parsec…
Different court findings of broker liability raise prospect of another Supreme Court trip
A decision handed down Tuesday in favor of 3PL GlobalTranz sets up the possibility of another attempt to have the Supreme Court review the issue of broker liability when things go horribly wrong on the road. The 7th Circuit…
