Articles Tagged with ''Surface Transportation Board''

The Surface Transportation Board won't challenge a federal appeals court's finding that it does not have the authority to solve rail rate disputes by deciding between one of two offers.

President Trump designated Jeffery Hall as board chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration. Glen Smith of Iowa was elected chairman of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation board of directors. 

Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been named CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation. The American Peanut Council hired Kate Maher as membership manager.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday vacated a Surface Transportation Board rule that allows the agency to more quickly resolve rate disputes by deciding based on either the shipper's or railroad's final offer. 

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., this week reiterated his plan to move a farm bill before Memorial Day. But there’s little sign that Thompson has made any progress with Democrats on the committee, and lawmakers won’t be in session next week.