June 26, 2014
Succession is the watershed issue in agriculture today. For farmers and agribusiness owners, succession planning is top-of-mind. The USDA reminds us that, “70 percent of farmland will change hands in the next 20 years.” If ...
This week, the Supreme Court issued a decision that imposes some limits on EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The 5-4 ruling allows the agency to continue regulating emissions from industries that already face ...
The Surface Transportation Board (STB), the federal entity with regulatory oversight over the rail industry, issued a new directive this week requiring BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway to provide detailed reports on their plans ...
The Senate Finance Committee has scheduled a meeting for Thursday, June 26 to mark-up Chairman Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) draft measure to fund the Highway Trust Fund. The Chairman’s proposal provides $9 billion in revenue needed ...
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) has indicated his intention to offer an amendment, during the Finance Committee’s Thursday mark-up of the highway trust fund proposals, to increase the barge fuel fee that funds the Inland Waterways ...
