Montana Rail Link (“MRL”) will conclude its long-term lease with BNSF Railway Company (“BNSF”), and BNSF will resume operations and maintenance of its mainline rail corridor through southern Montana upon…
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Senators Request Additional Assistance for Livestock Producers Affected by Drought
by Colter Brown(U.S. Senate) – United States Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont) and John Thune (R-S.D.) this week led a bipartisan group of senators in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm…
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Senate lawmakers Tuesday introduced the Covered Farm Vehicle Modernization Act. The legislation expands and modernizes the exemptions for Covered Farm Vehicles to reflect the variety of vehicles commonly used by…
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Montana Ag Leaders Learn About Importance of Dams on Snake River
by Colter BrownLeaders from regional and national agricultural organizations, as well as agribusiness leaders, had the opportunity to learn about the importance of dams to interstate commerce in lower Snake River during…
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Additional Flexibility for Livestock Haulers Included in Transportation Bill
by Colter BrownLivestock haulers may soon see much-needed regulatory flexibility. Crucial language pulled from the HAULS Act to provide for a 150 air-mile exemption from Hours-of-Service (HOS) rules, was adopted into the…
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U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and chairman of the subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, introduced legislation that would provide livestock haulers flexibility and…
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Agricultural groups from North and South Dakota have stepped in to the ring over the fight for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The groups say that shutting down the DAPL…
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U.S. Senator Steve Daines in a U.S. Senate Appropriations Hearing pressed U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao on finding a permanent solution to the harmful Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate…