agricultural industry
- News
It’s the Great Pumpkin (shortage); shippers near end of challenging season
Pumpkin growers across the U.S. have dealt with everything from invasive fungus to extreme weather to supply chain issues leading up to Halloween this year.
Read More » - 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.
Read More » - 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.
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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.…
Read More » - 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.
Read More » - Rail
A wet spring delayed the U.S. corn harvest
The U.S. imports corn from Brazil ahead of the harvest season.
Read More » - 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.
Read More » - 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.
Read More » - 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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