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Woolsey Fire near Thousand Oaks, California, early morning of November 9, 2018.  Three fast-moving wildfires are wreaking havoc across portions of California. One of them, called the Camp Fire, is in the Plumas National Forest near Chico in northern California. According to a report from KRON-...

By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor, New Frontier Data The Asia-Pacific region is home to 60 percent of the world's population – some 4.3 billion people – including the world's most populous country, China. To suggest that it offers a modern-day Silk Road for investment and...

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them" —Albert Einstein Last week we began exploration of the definition of precision railroading and how the industry is attempting to apply it. It is encouraging to see longstanding practices and processes being...

Ohio farmers are rushing to finish their harvests, on pace to haul in some of the best yields in years. Corn and soybean fields are plentiful across the Buckeye State, and soybeans is its number one crop. A recent list published by Beef2Live.com ranks Ohio as the sixth-leading producer of soybeans...

FreightWaves has released 48 new agricultural commodities along with three new warehouse rent and availability indices. Freight movements are greatly impacted by commodity flows of all kinds, but none more immediate and significant than the agricultural variety. Regardless of the freight or...

Thanks to the volatility in the equity and bond markets, the U.S. dollar is back up near new annual highs. But is this strength a warning sign for the soft commodities depressed under a bloated dollar? Or is it a signal to keep an eye on cocoa, coffee or sugar to await a USD reversal? For their...

Just in time for Halloween, livestock is back from the dead! Before you go checking your freezer for farm noises, we’re talking about lean hog futures, December contracts for which have climbed 10 percent in the course of a couple weeks to $58 near the end of October. Much of the increased...

The first Nor'easter of the season is still developing down south, but will pack a wallop to the Northeast this weekend. Portions of the deep South and Tennessee have been getting drenched today as a low pressure system glides along the Gulf coast. This rain will move into the Carolinas and the...

So your child has been accepted to his or her dream school—or at least the college that offers the best fit. Congratulations! Now come the bills. It’s time to break open those education savings plans—529 plans, Coverdell accounts, and other college funding sources—and put...

For many, 401(k) plans offer one-stop retirement planning: You contribute pre-tax money before your paycheck hits your bank account, lowering your tax bill and ensuring you don’t spend it elsewhere. Plus, many employers match a portion of what you put in (free money!) and offer features that...

By Larry Mishkin, Hoban Law Group, Litigation Practice Group Counsel Last month, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law Senate Bill 2298, the Illinois Industrial Hemp Act, which became effective immediately. The act allows Illinois farmers, in conjunction with a university or other recognized...

Highlights from the American Trucking Associations' seasonally-adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, released today. It dropped 0.8 percent in September, down to 11.8 from 112.7 in August. ATA chief economist Bob Costello: "As anticipated, the year-over-year gains have slowed on strength...

This article by FreightWaves advisor and intermodal consultant Brian Bowers is the first of three reviewing the controversial subject of precision railroading, an operational system and a management philosophy that in the railroad business today is leading to one question: which side are you on?...

Allow some extra time to get your trucks warmed up! It's going to be a colder-than-normal, frosty start to the week from Arkansas eastward to the Tennessee and Ohio River Valleys, and from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic states, especially in the mountainous regions Estimated rainfall totals...

The steady stream of heavy rain the past several days across central Texas is fading a bit, but more flooding is possible and river levels are being managed. Llano River levels. (Source: NOAA) Kingsland, about 50 miles northwest of Austin, is one of the areas hit the hardest. Some people who live...