Items Tagged with 'Surface Transportation Board'

Michael Dykes will retire as president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association at the end of the year. Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Aubrey Bettencourt has resigned, and Colton Buckley has been elevated to lead the agency. 

Rail giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on Friday filed a nearly 7,000-page application to the Surface Transportation Board seeking approval for a merger that would create the first coast-to-coast railroad company. 

The Senate Finance Committee will vote later today on Julie Callahan’s nomination for chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

The Trump administration says it has a deal with Switzerland that lowers agricultural trade barriers, particularly for beef and poultry.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern shareholders have overwhelmingly voted to move forward with a proposed merge, both companies announced Friday.

The Trump administration defended its plan to partially fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November after receiving swift criticism from Democrats and anti-hunger groups.

President Donald Trump addresses the U.N. General Assembly today for the first time in his second term, as senior administration officials fan out for high-level trade and economic discussions.

STB says the Kansas City Southern Railway Company can transport grain using Union Pacific Railroad Company tracks between Beaumont, Texas, and Gulf Coast ports.