The Obama Administration Tuesday announced new carbon-emission standards for ‘big trucks’ in the administration’s efforts to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department…
Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly finalized standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that will improve fuel…
Agri View: Needle in a Hay Stack
…the Hay Press The mechanical hay press made loose-hay transportation a thing of the past. by Tharran Gaines Just as ancient man came up with the idea for the wheel,…
Program Preserves Ag Land for Climate Benefits
…by supporting more compact infill development patterns as well as encouraging active transportation and transit usage. More than three-quarters of that funding was aimed at benefiting disadvantaged communities. The Division…
Freight Cars Can Wait on American Railroads
…Amtrak in a recent dispute that went before the Surface Transportation Board this week. The dispute was over whether or not Amtrak’s passenger trains have an absolute right of way…
Fresno Food Expo Reports Record Year
…California Centers for International Trade Development Johanson Transportation Company Saladino’s Foodservice California Grown KMJ Newstalk 580 Valley PBS Certified Meat Products Lyons Wawona Frozen Foods Cohen Communications MJR Creative Group…
National I Love Horses Day
…history may only be a portion of the reasons to love them. Not just a means of transportation, horses cleared fields, fought wars, moved cattle and were companions on long…
Partnership Keeps Pressure on Nut Cargo Theft
…archived alerts to help them avoid identify theft, fictitious pickups, and other transportation-related scams. “Our new strategic alliance with CargoNet will allow us to further our efforts to provide our…
New Proposal Eases Cuba Travel Burden
The Department of Transportation Thursday proposed to select eight U.S. airlines to begin scheduled flights between the United States and Cuba. While not directly impacting agricultural trade between the two…
Military Leaders on Agriculture and National Security
…described how the United States’ investment in transportation and infrastructure, agricultural research and innovation, and risk management tools for farmers has led to a vibrant and stable agricultural industry in…
FAA Rules Clear Runway for Small Drones
…will eliminate case-by-case reviews and clears the runway for all small-drone applications. The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has finalized the first operational rules (PDF) for routine commercial use…
Agri View: Troubled Ocean Waters
…vessels, aircraft, or agencies, the transportation of material from outside the United States when, in either case, that transportation is for the purpose of dumping the material into ocean waters,…
2016 GEELA Awards
…State Transportation Agency, the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the Government Operations Agency, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, and the Health and Human Services Agency. Contact For any…
The Western View: Cattle Pollution Numbers
…transportation creates 26 percent. Over the last century, Increased efficiency in milk production has greatly reduced the carbon footprint of the cattle industry. In the 1940s there were 25 million…