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Rail Safety Week may have officially come to an end Sunday, but the message of safety around crossings has not. Rachel Maleh, Executive Director of Operation Lifesaver said the number of incidents that happen at rail crossings nationwide each year is staggering ...

Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern have come together in a merger agreement worth approximately $29 billion. The transaction has the unanimous support of both boards of directors. Following final approval from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, the transaction will form two railroads that create the first rail network connecting the U ...

The push to improve agriculture transportation infrastructure and access continues nationwide. The American Farm Bureau Federation's Dale Moore said these improvements are vital. He pointed to the aging locks on the Mississippi River system, for example ...

Whether it’s harvest traffic, moving equipment from one field to another, or something as simple as running into town, the farm community is reminded to think safety at rail crossings. Rachel Maleh Executive Director at Operation Lifesaver said at this point, 149 accidents have occurred at private railway crossings on farms this year. She ...

Blockades of some main Canadian National Rail lines are into their third week.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com

The New Year brings less of a tax burden for farmers and ranchers when it comes to health insurance, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.   In spending bills passed by Congress before the holiday break, lawmakers included a permanent repeal of the Health Insurance Tax, which was enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act. AFB...

Agriculture is getting a triple boost this week on the trade, spending and tax fronts, as Congress wraps up business for the year this week.  The House Ways and Means Committee kicked things off this week by sending to the full-House, the long-awaited USMCA, worth an estimated $2 billion in new U.S. f...

Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz said trade disruptions are threatening to undermine an otherwise robust economy.  The rail company, told the Omaha World-Herald that the current trade disruption: “Affects the 7,300 communities Union Pacific serves.”  Specifically...

Earlier this month, Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation into law supporters say will help keep many shoreline railroad companies in business.  Representative Mary Dye sponsored House Bill 1136, which alters the emergency planning requirements for lines that haul cooking oil, mint oil, French fry oil and other minority oils that are important to the ag economy.  ...