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NGFA Encourages Pro-Competition Conditions for Rail Merger

Published March 2, 2022

The National Grain and Feed Association encouraged the Surface Transportation Board to ensure competitive opportunities for rail shippers continue under the merger of Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. STB announced in November it had accepted the merge…

Seyfert Named CEO of the National Grain and Feed Association

Published January 4, 2021

Starting March 1, Michael J. Seyfert will become the new president and CEO for the National Grain and Feed Association. Seyfert currently serves as the FMC Corp. Director of Government and Industry Affairs. Seyfert will replace the association’s current CEO…

Logistical Challenges Moving Crop to the PNW

Published October 23, 2020

Due to strong domestic and export demand, grain shippers are facing railroad delays to the Pacific Northwest. National Grain and Feed Association President and CEO Randall Gordon says railroad companies idled crews and locomotive power during the height of the…

NGFA’s Randy Gordon Announces Retirement Plan

Published July 14, 2020

National Grain and Feed Association President and CEO Randy Gordon plans to retire following the organization’s annual meeting in March of next year. Gordon has been the chief executive officer since 2012, but has been with the NGFA for 43…

Markets for Low Test Weight Corn

Published March 14, 2020

As winter progresses, the corn is drying down and test weight is increasing a little. According to DeLamere, North Dakota farmer Terry Wehlander, test weights have come up anywhere from three to five pounds. "That's huge for some of these…

Agricultural Commodities Transported by Rail Continues to Decline

Published November 19, 2019

A number of class one railroads are implementing precision scheduled operating logs. National Grain and Feed Association President Randy Gordon says this is reducing railway capacity, staff and the number of locomotives in service. "We've seen processing plants have frequency…

NGFA Expresses Concern on Speedy GE Approval Process

Published August 7, 2019

The National Grain and Feed Association members are wary of the Trump Administration’s efforts to speed up the approval of genetically engineered crops. The National Grain and Feed Association warns that speeding approval of new varieties to market before crop…

NDFGA Addresses Rail Challenges During Annual Meeting

Published March 24, 2019

Increasing rail charges were part of the discussion as National Grain and Feed Association members met last week. President Randy Gordon says there's been access charges imposed by rail carriers on shippers. "We believe these are commercially unfair and nonreciprocal.…

Articles tagged under: National Grain and Feed Association

NGFA Encourages Pro-Competition Conditions for Rail Merger

Seyfert Named CEO of the National Grain and Feed Association

Logistical Challenges Moving Crop to the PNW

NGFA’s Randy Gordon Announces Retirement Plan

Markets for Low Test Weight Corn

Agricultural Commodities Transported by Rail Continues to Decline

NGFA Expresses Concern on Speedy GE Approval Process

NDFGA Addresses Rail Challenges During Annual Meeting

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