Innovators within the produce industry are breaking the boundaries of food production — by growing crops not in fields, but in recycled shipping containers.
August 20, 2018agriculture
Technology, Logistics, Top 100
A forklift truck picks up a container at the Freight Farms production facility. (Freight Farms)
Container Farms: A New Type of Agriculture
A forklift truck picks up a container at the Freight Farms production facility. (Freight Farms)
Government, Business, Technology, Safety
Livestock hauler by David B./Flickr
Senate Bill Would Ease HOS, ELD Demands for Ag Haulers
Livestock hauler by David B./Flickr
A bipartisan group of senators recently introduced a bill that would relax both electronic logging device and hours-of-service requirements for livestock haulers.
May 29, 2018
Government, Business
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed the law April 18. (Mark Zaleski/Associated Press)
Tennessee Law Prohibits State Funds From Supporting ELD Enforcement of Ag Haulers
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed the law April 18. (Mark Zaleski/Associated Press)
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a law April 18 that would prohibit state funds from being used to enforce electronic logging device regulations for certain agriculture-related hauls.
April 19, 2018
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety
HouseAppropsGOP via YouTube
Chao Stresses Continued Outreach to Ag Haulers on ELD, HOS Rules
HouseAppropsGOP via YouTube
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will continue to meet with and host briefings geared toward livestock haulers who are discontent with the electronic logging device rule, according to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
April 12, 2018
Government, Business, Technology
The U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2018 (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
Spending Bill Includes Extension of ELD Exemption on Livestock
The U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2018 (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
Motor carriers that haul livestock will be exempted from the federal electronic logging device mandate until Sept. 30 under language included in a $1.3 trillion omnibus funding measure the U.S. House of Representatives advanced March 22.
March 21, 2018
Government, Business
An ag hauler moves almonds out of Linden, Calif. (Devine Intermodal)
FMCSA Gives Ag Haulers 90-Day Extension on Waiver From ELD Rule
An ag hauler moves almonds out of Linden, Calif. (Devine Intermodal)
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced an additional 90-day temporary waiver from the electronic logging device rule for agriculture-related transportation.
March 14, 2018
Government, Business
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall by Eleanor Lamb/Transport Topics
Agriculture Industry Eager for Action on Infrastructure
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall by Eleanor Lamb/Transport Topics
WASHINGTON— The fate of American agriculture hinges upon the strength of the nation’s infrastructure, according to Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
February 24, 2018
Government, Business
Ag Industry, Ports Adjusting to Fast-Changing Landscape
WASHINGTON — The agricultural industry and the ports that serve it are simultaneously working to respond to an evolving business landscape that includes everything from making room at East Coast ports for Neopanamax containerships to serving overseas demand for fresh fish, industry experts said here.
January 9, 2018
Business
USDA/Flickr
Agricultural Exports to Mexico Growing in 2017, Experts Say
USDA/Flickr
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that farm exports to China, Mexico and Canada have been strong over the past 12 months, although some transportation and logistics providers told Transport Topics that their volumes weren’t as strong as the federal data would suggest.
December 6, 2017
Business, Logistics
Eddie Seal/Bloomberg News
Harvey Harms Cotton Output From Texas
Eddie Seal/Bloomberg News
Several hundred thousand bales of cotton likely were lost in Texas due to Hurricane Harvey, delivering a blow not only to those who grow and sell the state’s main agricultural crop but also to the motor carriers that haul it.
September 7, 2017Pages
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