Agriculture

Thursday, January 11, 2024

How Australia lost a war with emus

After World War I, veterans took up farming and provided food supplies and wheat to Western Australia. But when emus began to threaten that supply chain, another war broke out. The emus won.

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

How Australia lost a war with emus

After World War I, veterans took up farming and provided food supplies and wheat to Western Australia. But when emus began to threaten that supply chain, another war broke out. The emus won.

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Retaliatory tariffs sour US cranberry market

Canada, Mexico, China, and the European Union are among those who have instituted retaliatory tariffs on cranberry imports coming from the United States. FreightWaves spoke with Kellyanne Dignan, Ocean Spray’s Director of Global Corporate Affairs, who provided the company’s perspective on the issue.

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Brian Straight Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Bulkloads.com connecting ag haulers, shippers

The lifeblood for many small trucking companies and independent truckers is the load board. There is no shortage of load boards, and differentiating between them can be difficult. For truckers who handle bulk products, though, finding loads on a generic load board can be time consuming. That’s what Bulkloads.com is trying to change.

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