Foster Farms’ emergency service order declared moot

Foster Farms’ latest petition for an emergency service order that would direct the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) to deliver corn to the poultry processor’s California facilities was denied as moot by the Surface Transportation Board (STB).

STB will require UP to file weekly status reports through May 15. In the summer, STB granted an emergency service order for Foster Farms. The company requested the order so that it could feed its livestock and maintain obligations to customers, which was proving difficult to do after delayed shipping issues. Read more