Study: Truck Driver Shortage Growing

ATA Reports Trucking Revenues Grow in Spite of Shortage

Mary Kennedy
By  Mary Kennedy , DTN Basis Analyst
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Grain trucks waiting to unload at Cargill elevator and biodiesel plant in Kansas City, Missouri. (Progressive Farmer photo by Jim Patrico)
Grain trucks waiting to unload at Cargill elevator and biodiesel plant in Kansas City, Missouri. (Progressive Farmer photo by Jim Patrico)
The U.S. trucking industry is short of drivers, and the problem is likely to get significantly worse over the next decade, according to a recent University of Tennessee report.

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Mary Kennedy

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