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Pressure mounts on ocean carriers to take US ag exports

02/02/22 6:51 AM By Bill Tomson

The Biden administration, together with U.S. shippers and the ag sector, are pressuring ocean carriers to stop turning down farm commodity shipments, but it may take Congress to force the issue.

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