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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said her department’s working to fix a broken part of the nation’s supply chain key to the Ag and food sector; a massive shortage of truck drivers. Raimondo said Commerce is working with the Departments of Transportation and Labor to license thousands of commercial truck drivers. “Tr ...

Iowa’s U.S. Senators are calling for more Americans to be eligible to obtain a commercial driver’s license, known as a CDL, to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce. Republicans Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst penned a letter this week to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on the issue. They asked ...

When it comes to the overall Ag economy, trucking fresh goods to market or processing is a key component of the chain.  Yet, the Ag truck industry faces a shortage of drivers, now and well into the next decade.  John Sampson of the American Trucking Association, said they are doing many things trying to get additional drivers behind the wheel.   ...