on March 4, 2019
Trucker shortage likely to keep plaguing meat industry
Economist tells Annual Meat Conference attendees some transportation issues won’t go away, and if waivers end, it could get worse
The U.S. meat and poultry industry will likely continue to be troubled by a shortage of available truckers, a pork industry economist said.
“A long-term issue that all of us here have to deal with is transportation,” Steve Meyer, economist, Kerns & Associates, said on March 4 at…