{"id":37117,"date":"2014-04-16T09:51:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/rail-companies-to-report-fertilizer-delivery-plans\/"},"modified":"2014-04-16T09:51:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:51:09","slug":"rail-companies-to-report-fertilizer-delivery-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/rail-companies-to-report-fertilizer-delivery-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail companies to report fertilizer delivery plans","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A federal oversight board told Canadian Pacific Railway and BNSF Railway that they have until Friday to report their plans to ensure delivery of fertilizer shipments for spring planting of U.S. crops.<\/p>\n
The Surface Transportation Board’s decision Tuesday comes in response to a hearing it held last week on recent service problems in the nation’s rail network. Farmers and representatives of agriculture producers told the board that delays in fertilizer delivery could disrupt planting.<\/p>\n