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USDA: Prioritize railway service for agriculture

04/26/22 2:32 PM By Bill Tomson
KEYWORDS ams Federal Grain Inspection Service fertilizer grain Jewel Bronaugh railroad Surface Transportation Board Union Pacific usda
Agricultural shippers should not have to pay the price for increasingly unreliable railway service that is pushing American farmers and ranchers to the breaking point, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh said Tuesday at an emergency hearing held by the Surface Transportation Board.
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