Trucker Shortages Plague Food Supply Chain

By Jacqui Fatka

Farm Progress

The food supply chain was able to weather the pandemic-induced challenges, but the availability of truck drivers holds the key to whether or not there will be a food supply challenge or shortage, says House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, D-Ga.

To start off several hours of testimony offered at a hearing on the Immediate Challenges to Our Nation’s Food Supply Chain, Scott says it is a “barn burner of a crisis waiting to happen” and adds failure to address it could be detrimental to the nation and the world.

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