Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Brian German. Today’s show features reports on pistachio producers working to adapt to port delays, the growth and…
Almond Update: Being Thankful for Industry Resilience During Challenging Year
…However, Waycott remains confident that the almond industry will again push through the ongoing difficulties. “We’ve definitely continued to have these export issues at our ports which unfortunately is diminishing…
Wheat Industry Leaders Meet in Kansas City, Talk Shipping
…increase in U.S. agricultural exports for 2021-2022 to more than $175 billion in value, which includes an estimated $7 billion in U.S. wheat exports. Greg Borossay from the Port of…
White House: Infrastructure Deal to Improve Supply Chain
…airports worldwide, and no U.S. port ranks in the top 50 ports for efficiency. The legislation invests $17 billion in port infrastructure and waterways and $25 billion in airports to…
Fresh Produce Industry Calling for Supply Chain Relief
…Strawberry Commission, and the Produce Marketing Association. Together they point out the complexity of the issues and reinforce the need for supply chain relief. Substantial port congestion is having secondary…
Supply Chain Holes Will Take Time to Fill
…containers heading back across the ocean is significant. 80 percent of what leaves the Port of Tacoma, Washington, goes out on backhaul or as agricultural products to Asia. Right now,…
Supply Chain Crisis Could Permanently Harm U.S. Agriculture
…act on ocean shipping legislation, address critical transport-industry labor shortages, increase port hours of operation, and take other steps to help American agriculture producers reach their foreign markets effectively. Across…
New Federal-State Partnership to Address Transportation Infrastructure
…for assistance under the agreement include port-specific upgrades, an expansion of the capacity for freight rail, and the development of inland port facilities to increase overall warehouse storage capacity. Over…
Week in Review: Record-Setting Port Traffic and Pesticide Residues Remain Low
The cargo processed through the Port of Los Angeles made it the busiest September in the port’s 114-year history. The most recent pesticide report from the U.S. Food and Drug…
Working Group Highlights Ag Supply Chain Challenges and Solutions
…to support supply chain policies that will allow U.S. farmers, ranchers, commodity handlers, processors, and food manufacturers to reliably deliver high-quality, cost-effective products to domestic and global consumers.” Labor is…
Port of Los Angeles Experiences Another Record Month for Cargo
September was another record month for the port of Los Angeles with 903,865 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) being processed. The cargo processed through the Port of Los Angeles made it…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 10-26-21
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Brian German. Today’s show has some of the latest information on the cargo situation at the Port of…
Week in Review: Newsom Addresses Port Congestion, Changing COVID Protocols for Employers
After months of port congestion creating supply chain challenges, Governor Gavin Newsom has taken action to address the issue. COVID expectations for employers could be on the horizon after recent…
Supply Chain Challenges to Be Addressed Through Executive Order
…address trucking shortages. “California’s ports are critical to our local, state and national economies and the state is taking action to support goods movement in the face of global disruptions,”…