The transportation system has troubled American farmers

Published Nov 20, 2021

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The US supply chain is facing challenges due to container shortages, ship jams, and a shortage of truck drivers, causing significant issues for farmers. The California Dairy Company, one of the largest cooperatives in the US, has lost around $45 million due to cancelled or postponed ships, transporting milk powder and cream to factories in Southeast Asia and Mexico. The dairy industry has lost nearly $1 billion in the first half of the year due to increased transportation and inventory costs, reduced export volumes, and deteriorating prices. The situation is further complicated by the high cost of shipping freight from Asia to the US compared to the cost of reverse transportation, leading to empty containers being returned to Asia instead of being filled with US goods. Additionally, the lack of truck drivers for transporting holiday gifts is also impacting the transportation of agricultural commodities.

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[Epoch Times November 20, 2021] (Hong Kong Epoch Times reporter Wu Ruichang compiled a report) The serious shortage of containers, a large number of ship jams and a shortage of truck drivers have caused great problems in the US supply chain. This has also caused great problems for American farmers. loss. According to a report by the New York Times on November 14, the distance from El Dorado Dairy in Ontario, California to the largest container port in Los Angeles is only 60 miles, but the farm’s products are difficult to ship. Ship going abroad. The farm is part of the California Dairy Company, one of the largest cooperatives in the United States. It produces milk powder for factories in Southeast Asia and Mexico, and these factories use the milk powder to make candies, baby milk powder and other foods. At the same time, it provides 50 million pounds a month. Of milk powder and cream to the port, but in recent months, about 60% of the company’s scheduled departure vessels have ...

Source: Epochtimes