I hope this link works.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?upg=46&usid=1457272
If it doesn’t work then go to the Business section and schroll down.
Allan.
It’s nice to know that in a world of change, there are still some constants. Farmers have been complaining about railroad rates, service, etc almost since the tracks were first laid down.[:-^]
Wouldn’t it be nice sometime if the newsmedia looked at how big agribusiness bullies those around it, cares not for safety until forced to comply and tries to do everything on the cheap, regulation be ***ed. (i.e. - regulation is for everybody else but us.)[}:)]
Story only available for registered users… and I didn’t want to register…
Nonetheless, nothing really new here…
-Mark
www.fuzzyworld3.com
You can always enjoy the use of www.bugmenot.com
Noticed none of the big grain shippers are jumping to trucks or barges…
Hummm, think that might have to do with where they grow the wheat?
Ed
“Officials from grain and feed associations in Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota and Texas also signed the letter.”
What? Montana wasn’t in on this?![:D]
“Nober said the nation’s largest carriers had made large investments in grain service but increased demand had contributed to car shortages.”
Okay, this statement is false to a certain degree. There hasn’t been “increased demand” so much as there has be continually reduced capacity available to handle the standard annual demand. This includes reduced track miles, refusals to serve smaller elevators, refusals to handle smaller car lots, refusals to continue usage of 264k cars, reduced competition via the 1990’s megamergers, ect, ect, ect…
Meanwhile over in Australia, the open access system is ably handling their annual grain crop without similar complaints. So because of the U.S. railroads our exporters are being repressed in their ability to compete on the world markets.
Would we even have a trade deficit if it wasn’t for “Todays Railroads”?
We would still have an incredibly huge trade deficit, even in FM’s dream world of open access, since open access cannot increase capacity. Selling more raw wheat on the open market for export won’t go too far to offset the American demand for cheap imported manufactured goods.
This country is already so far in debt. And you can thank Bush for that. And I thought that Clinton was bad. Bush has put this country so far in the hole that it will take 10 or more years just to make up for the losses no thanks to that S.O.B Bush!
Allan.