Items Tagged with 'Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration'

A potential shortage of truck drivers has both agriculture industry stakeholders and lawmakers concerned as supply chain bottlenecks have made it difficult for retailers, producers and consumers to obtain the inputs they need or transport their own products to the market.

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.

Drivers may be in short supply this spring without regulatory relief from the states and federal government, industry groups and some farmers are saying.