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Walmart adds truck driving capacity and mentoring roles
Walmart adds truck driving capacity and mentoring roles

After adding 1,400 truck drivers in 2018, Walmart said it plans to add hundreds more this year.

Big Idaho Potato Truck tour ends 7th season
Big Idaho Potato Truck tour ends 7th season

The Big Idaho Potato Truck has finished another season on the road, traveling more than 40,000 miles and participating in almost 70 events in 2018.

CBP seizes record amount of fentanyl in cucumber truck
CBP seizes record amount of fentanyl in cucumber truck

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a truck carrying cucumbers entering the U.S. at Nogales, Ariz., and made the largest seizure of fentanyl in the agency’s history.

Tom Karst
Truck rates soften but will bitter cold change the market?

Truck rates have been easing, but will the polar vortex change all that?

Produce truck rates bump higher for the holidays

USDA data reports rising truck rates to New York from various produce shipping districts.

Quest for the Big Idaho Potato Truck continues
Quest for the Big Idaho Potato Truck continues

Farmer Mark returns to the small screen to finally catch the Big Idaho Potato Truck … or does he?

Tom Karst
Strawberry fields forever but what about the labor and trucks?

As I am writing a few stories about strawberries for an upcoming section for The Packer, I asked the Fresh Produce Industry Discussion Group about what changes or trends they see in the strawberry industry.

Big Idaho Potato Truck begins sixth national tour
Big Idaho Potato Truck begins sixth national tour

The Big Idaho Potato Truck is back for year six of touring the country.

Big Idaho Potato Truck rolls on
Big Idaho Potato Truck rolls on

SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Fresh from capturing media coverage in New York City, the Big Idaho Potato Truck is back for another year - and beyond.