Quote:http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/09/american-farms-are-in-jeopardybecause-of-inefficient-rail-service/379785/FARGO, N.D.—Deregulation has been a popular theme in U.S. politics for decades, but a Surface Transportation Board hearing here last week on railcar shortages and service delays provided an example of how dependent rural America still is on a federal regulatory agency to push the railroads to provide vital services.