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DeltaTrak is introducing two mini loggers that use the same cloud-based dashboard during the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Oct. 19-20 in Orlando, Fla.

Auburn Hills, Mich.-based SFL Companies has been named among the 2018 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers by the Food Logistics publication.

With the Trump administration shifting some federal employees away from the border to deal with increased illegal immigration, commercial shipments of produce from Mexico are taking longer to cross into the U.S.

A slight surplus of trucks was reported in several U.S. shipping districts, but truck rates increased in California in early April.

The Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act has been reintroduced by a bipartisan group of Senators and could provide some fixes to hours of service requirements for livestock haulers.

The Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act has been introduced in the House of Representatives and is yet another legislative proposal that offers fixes for livestock haulers regarding hours of service rules.

All agriculture haulers could be exempted from using electronic logging devices (ELD) if the latest version of the Agricultural Business Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2018 advances through Congress.

Fair Oaks milk trucks no longer use diesel. Instead, they head to dairy manufacturing plants to fill up.

To say there is pushback against the idea of creating another pilot program to allow drivers under 21 to operate commercial trucks is putting it mildly.

Upper Mississippi’s lock-and-dam decision dilemma.