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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
A handful of farm groups have been rejected in their effort to exempt truckers hauling live animals from federal mandates limiting the hours a driver can be on the job.
Federal programs intended to help farms and other rural businesses can have intimidating application processes or payment structures that render them inaccessible to some of their target recipients. Testimony in front of some congressional committees is raising these concerns while a series of webinars aims to help farmers and food entrepreneurs navigate the process.
The Transportation and Energy departments plan to distribute $5 billion to states for the construction of electric vehicle charging stations over the next five years, officials said Thursday.
Producers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration extended a waiver from its Hours of Service regulation to certain commercial truck drivers.
Livestock haulers will be exempt from hours-of-service requirements until late November, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Tuesday.
The White House and states have granted an array of temporary waivers on truck load limits and permits, though what many truckers want most is better access to quick, hot food and clean restrooms.
Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator of the Andrew Wheeler recently announced their intent to reassess and correct the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards.
Just as new electric semi-trucks show promise, diesel industry leaders are lauding the fuel that seems to have it all: near zero emissions and high performance.
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017—Livestock haulers have lost discretionary control over their livelihoods and risk endangering the lives of the animals they transport because of a one-size-fits-all Department of Transportation Hours of Service (HOS) rule and the Electronic Logging Device that aggressively monitors it, industry experts and agricultural groups say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2017 - On Tuesday, the National Pork Producers Council delivered a petition to the Department of Transportation requesting livestock haulers be exempted from Electronic Logging Device (ELD) rules dictating allowable hours of service.
