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The IFPA Co-CEOs Cathy Burns and Tom Stenzel met with Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC, to discuss supply chain issues critical to the fresh produce trade.

Putting upward pressure on delivered produce prices, refrigerated truck rates have soared to nearly $5 per mile in early February, according to a survey by the USDA.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans to increase capacity at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California and improve service for shippers of U.S. grown agricultural commodities.

New federal requirements for a CDL take hold Monday, and it could have a major impact on hauling grain and livestock more than 150 miles from your farm. It could also cause an even bigger shortage of truck drivers.

As the largest open field producer of tomatoes, Lipman Family Farms has big-time transportation needs.

Increased competition among solution providers is making track and trace technology more accessible for the transportation sector, says Seth Konkle, general manager for the Indianapolis office of the Scotlynn Group.

The entertaining and educational show features industry contestants facing off in a tic-tac-toe-style contest with “squares” occupied by leading experts in the field of transport and logistics.

Truckload freight volumes tumbled from their June peak and pricing for dry van and refrigerated capacity on the spot market continued to shift downward, according to DAT Freight & Analytics.

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based global logistics company C.H. Robinson has announced an initiative to honor truck drivers who go above and beyond to deliver the goods the world depends on.

Autonomous trucks are not coming to produce warehouses just yet, but recent news may indicate the day might not be that far off.