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Shipping calves this summer? Watch for these 11 shipping stress symptoms

2015-07-08 17:48:00| Beef

According to the National Animal Agriculture Statistics Service, shipping fever costs the United States cattle industry $624 million annually. Here's how you can avoid shipping stress in your operation. read more

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Unimin makes history by shipping longest frac sand unit train on record

2015-07-07 05:24:49| Railroads - Topix.net

Unimin, together with Union Pacific Railroad and Twin Eagle Sand Logistics, LLC, delivered a 140 car unit train to the Mission Rail Terminal in the heart of the Eagle Ford shale at Elmendorf, Texas. The unit train, powered by four diesel engines and measuring 6,200 ft, is the largest single frac sand rail delivery on record.

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Shipping calves this summer? Watch for these 11 shipping stress symptons

2015-07-06 17:48:00| Beef

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Toxic-gas leak in fiery CSX derailment delays shipping

2015-07-03 15:18:08| Railroads - Topix.net

A CSX Corp. train carrying highly flammable, toxic gas was still on fire Thursday, about 16 hours after derailing near Knoxville, Tennessee, causing the evacuation of 5,000 people and disrupting rail traffic. “The product in the tank car continues to burn, making it unsafe to set up any transfer operation,” CSX said in a statement about 3:30 p.m. local time Thursday.

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