Sens. Thune and Klobuchar want USDA to study impact of rail delays on ag

In Washington, U.S. Senators John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack calling on USDA to conduct an economic analysis of the rail service challenges facing agricultural shippers. Thune and Klobuchar’s letter cites recent testimony from USDA’s own Deputy Administrator of the Transportation and Marketing Program, Arthur Neal, who testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on September 10th and stressed the significance of these crucial issues to many of America’s agriculture producers and grain elevators.