Fuel rates are as low as they have been in years, which will have a positive impact on freight rates as long as the current situation exists. However, that doesn’t mean freight rates are going to drop precipitously. “By all means challenge your carrier about the cost dynamics,” said Luke Gowdy, general manager in the ...
According to a report by the California Strawberry Commission (CSC) published last year, just about two thirds of the strawberry growers in the Golden State are of Mexican descent. In the past generation or two, many Mexican laborers have come to the United States looking for work and eventually ended up farming the land. In ...
It is the era of “Big Data” and everyone is trying to harness available information to make better decisions in all facets of business. Possibly nowhere does that make more sense than when dealing with the weather and agriculture. After all, the two are interconnected and the amount of weather-related information now available has grown ...