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ND Grain Dealers Assn.: Railroads Obligated to Serve (05-08-08) -- “Railroads must be obligated to serve.”
"They should not be able to pick and choose for only their own bottom line interests.”
"They owe their customers and the public more than that.”
That was part of the message delivered by the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association to a hearing before the federal Surface Transportation Board in Washington, DC on April 24.
Community comes to aid of fallen Sanborn man (05-07-08) -- When the 911 call came in the afternoon of April 29 for Sanborn farmer Stuart Steffen, who was trapped under a collapsed silo, it took a lot more then firefighters and EMT’s to attempt a rescue - it took community effort from friends, family and area businesses working together to try and locate Steffen.
CoBank dodges the slump affecting U.S. retail banks (05-05-08) -- Two years ago, Jerry Rowe needed a seasonal operating credit line of about $9 million to run an Illinois grain elevator. This year, with soaring grain prices and a bumper corn crop to store, he needs about $35 million.
Lean times for Minnesota's pork producers (05-01-08) -- In this year of rising food prices and skyrocketing commodity costs, the profits raining on farms across the country have not fallen evenly.
Ethanol isn't the food villain, its producers say (04-30-08) -- WASHINGTON – Farmers and ethanol producers defended their good fortune Wednesday in the nation’s capital, where more lawmakers are blaming a corn-for-fuel policy for soaring food prices.
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