Crops

Farmers in Texas and Louisiana have suffered at least $600 million in damage due to spring and winter storms.

Nearly 1 billion bushels of corn and soybeans were wiped out. “It can take a chunk of truck loads away that would normally move.”

Late harvests, unplanted seeds add up to higher shipping volumes

Recent produce volumes out of California increasing as much as 40 percent.

Rainfall records and hail have ruined some cherry crops out west. The timing couldn’t be much worse for growers.

A new topical storm named Vicente is spinning over the eastern Pacific. Potential for crop damage, life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides.

Excess rain, record snowfall made North Dakota fields muddy last week. Crop damage not likely, but harvests will be delayed.

Hurricane Florence has intensified over the last 24 hours Riskpulse’s Chief Meteorologist, Jon Davis, and its Senior Weather Analyst Mark Russo explained in a webinar on Tuesday.

Ag haulers are not only dealing with ELDs and hour-of-service uncertainty, but tariff talk is clouding the future outlook as well.

The nation is about to heat up starting this weekend, and that could drive more volatility to already rising spot rates for agricultural haulers and shippers.