Source: Tom Karst, THE PACKER, 1/4/22


Truck rates are at historic highs for the produce industry, and that reality presents challenges to apple marketers in the Northwest and other regions. For example, the USDA reports that rates from Washington’s Wenatchee and Yakima regions to Boston rose from a mostly range of $6,800 to $7,300 in early October to a range of $11,700 to $12,800 in early January. That is nearly 40% higher than at the same time in January 2021, when rates to Boston were in a mostly range of $8,700 to $9,200, according to the USDA.

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