Source: Jacqui Fatka, FEEDSTUFFS, 1/31/22


“COVID-19 revealed vulnerabilities across our supply system, both at our ports and in the agricultural sector,” explains Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Early Monday, Vilsack announced plans to increase capacity at the Port of Oakland by partnering with the California port to set up a new 25-acre “pop-up” site to make it easier for agricultural companies to fill empty shipping containers with commodities with $1 billion in funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation. USDA shares fewer containers have been made available for U.S. agricultural commodities, as ocean carriers have circumvented traditional marketing channels and rushed containers back to be exported empty.

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