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6 of the most common challenges for tenant farmers
Farmers Weekly The shifting nature of farm policy and tenancy legislation means tenants often benefit from support when negotiating with landlords. Farmers Weekly asks George Dunn, chief executive of the Tenant Farmers…
How to store, analyse and spread organic manure for best value
Farmers Weekly Organic manures from livestock have always been a valuable source of fertiliser, but the high nitrogen prices of recent times have pushed this into sharper focus. Just how valuable muck is depends on a number…
Lawmaker vows to block speed limiters on trucks
WASHINGTON — An Oklahoma lawmaker is taking a preemptive shot at a truck speed limiter proposed rule scheduled to be published this year, introducing a bill aimed at stopping it. The Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate…
Yellow posts Q1 loss as it negotiates operational changes, labor deal
Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. booked operating and net losses in the first quarter as it remains hopeful of working out a deal with its union employee base. Yellow (NASDAQ: YELL) reported a first-quarter net loss…
Rail reform: How Congress might get a bipartisan win
By Loren A. Smith Jr. Editor’s note: The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. As the Senate Committee on Commerce takes the next…
RXO comes in relatively strong in quarter full of weak freight earnings
On the earnings call Wednesday for publicly traded 3PL RXO, Ravi Shanker of Morgan Stanley asked the question that lingered after the upbeat statements by company management: How can this company’s leaders be so optimistic?…
Plant-Based Foods Achieve 6.6% Sales Growth in 2022, Reaching 60% of U.S. Households
Plant-based food products have proven to be resilient under inflationary pressures, according to the 2022 Plant-Based State of the Marketplace summary report from the Plant Based Foods Association. Dollar sales of plant-based…
Experimental propeller in 1975 breaks midtrip, but crew notices no difference
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and…
3 US Class I railroads must keep giving STB service improvement updates
Three of the four U.S. Class I railroads must continue submitting biweekly rail service progress reports to federal regulators through the end of the year as proof of improving rail service because they have not fully met…
Service Industry Expands Modestly as Activity Cools
The U.S. service sector expanded only modestly in April according to the Institute for Supply Management, restrained by the weakest pace of business activity in nearly three years.
