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Technology
PCS Software acquires UltraShipTMS, expanding end-to-end supply chain capabilities
PCS Software has acquired UltraShip TMS, a cloud-based supply chain transportation management system company.
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News
Trump administration to investigate Mexican produce imports
Some U.S. importers worry the Trump administration's actions could lead to new tariffs or other restrictions.
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Maritime
Commentary: 20-foot container crunch may impact harvests
Containers are used to carry imports to the U.S., but they also carry exports from the U.S. The agriculture industry depends on them, but COVID-19…
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Weather and Critical Events
Commentary: Spring floods have lasting impact on Midwestern transportation market
For anyone in and around the Corn Belt in 2019, the lasting effects of this spring’s flooding are still front and center in everyone’s mind.…
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American Shipper
Commentary: Importance of U.S. agriculture to trade negotiations
Ben Thrower writes about the importance of American agriculture - not just to the U.S. population, but to the country's trade negotiations.
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Rail
A wet spring delayed the U.S. corn harvest
The U.S. imports corn from Brazil ahead of the harvest season.
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Trucking
Food-as-software will make a chunk of ag-sector trucking obsolete
A newly published ag-sector report suggests that the lab-grown meat segment will shrink the industrial animal farming market by 50% by 2030.
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Asia-Pacific
Commentary: Decline in exports hurts agricultural producers and railroads
Chinese tariffs are impacting American agriculture. But declines in exports to other countries are also hurting American agriculture.
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Economics
Commentary: Inflation is dead – and technology killed it!
Donald Broughton writes a thought-provoking commentary about how technology has killed inflation.
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Supply Chains
Commentary: What does the National Climate Assessment say about future risks for supply chains?
Brian Aoaeh has written a thought-provoking commentary on the impact of climate change on supply chains, and what governments, companies and startups can do to…
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