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WATCO abandoning service on Washington State owned lines! (read: BNSF does it again!)
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I suspect the issues go deeper than just trucking the grain farther over little used country roads. <br /> <br />Regarding shuttle elevators, aren't there new OSHA regulations going into effect to prevent grain elevator explosions as well as DoA/WTO regulations for all grain handling facilities on the comingling of GM crops? What about the costs of compliance for all the local county elevators - if it's even possible, and how many extra grain hoppers would be needed to prevent co-mingling? <br /> <br />I understand other parts of this issue include a fear that large multinational-owned elevators will be able to control pricing and that concern even crosses the border where Canadian farmers fear the multinationals will store grain just across the border in the U.S.
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