The drowning of over 15,000 sheep off Sudan is just the latest in a very long line of black marks for livestock shipping.
CEO blames ‘driver shortage, rising costs, extremely tight margins and freight rates’
“There’s some desperation in some of these people’s voices,” a Minnesota hay farmer said about the current drought’s impact on the community.
Groups representing livestock, bee and fish haulers in the nation have asked the Department of Transportation to extend their available driving time up to 15 hours a day, up from the current federally regulated 11 hours.
Hurricane Florence has intensified over the last 24 hours Riskpulse’s Chief Meteorologist, Jon Davis, and its Senior Weather Analyst Mark Russo explained in a webinar on Tuesday.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations addressed the potential for hot button ELD exemptions in the report language of its fiscal year 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) bill, but the issue was not tackled in the bill itself.
The proposed legislation would radically change the HOS rule for the livestock industry, which describes its problems as unique.
Livestock farmers in the Midwest are facing hay shortage and record prices in the market, partly fueled by an extended winter season this year.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has formally extended an ELD waiver for livestock and insect haulers until Sept. 30, 2018, under terms of the waiver that was included in the Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.
Ag shippers are raising the alarm about the ELD mandate’s effect on livestock hauling and asking for a two year delay before the new requirements take effect. Livestock haulers face shrinkage and contamination risks as they cope with strict limits on hours of service.
