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Freight Rates Skyrocket
Freight Rates Skyrocket

Transportation woes continue to haunt Northeast shippers as trucks remain hard to come by and freight rates skyrocket because of rising fuel costs and a scarcity of drivers. 

Retail Business
Truck rates soar and no immediate relief expected
Truck rates soar and no immediate relief expected

Produce truck rates are up 70% or more compared with a year ago, and industry sources don’t think relief is coming anytime soon.

Amy Sowder and Tom Karst
Retail Industry
Trump waives hours of service rules for emergency transport of food
Trump waives hours of service rules for emergency transport of food

President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency because the coronavirus COVID-19 and waived the hours of service rules for truck drivers transporting emergency supplies of produce and other foods.

Chris Koger
Retail Management
Final compliance deadline nears for ELD mandate
Final compliance deadline nears for ELD mandate

The final compliance deadline for mandated electronic logging devices in U.S. trucks will arrive Dec. 17.

Tom Karst
News
Vidalia growers gearing up for promotional efforts
Vidalia growers gearing up for promotional efforts

The Vidalia onion industry is planning for an aggressive promotional season, said Bob Stafford, interim director of the Vidalia Onion Committee in Vidalia, Ga.

Jim Offner
News
Retail tools to sell Vidalias onions abound
Retail tools to sell Vidalias onions abound

The key to retail sales success, where Vidalia onions are concerned, is visibility, suppliers and marketers say.

Jim Offner
Retail Management
A helpful Q and A on the hours of service regs and ag commodities
A helpful Q and A on the hours of service regs and ag commodities

Putting a finer point on government regulations or providing clarity on bureaucratic language is not easy to do.

Tom Karst