WASHINGTON — Legislation aimed at better protecting livestock trucked over long distances would give the U.S. Department of Transportation partial responsibility for making sure such protections are ...

Virginia farmers are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to consider the unique circumstances of transporting live animals over long distances, and amend regulations for farmers and other ...

One trucking niche that’s been in the news since the onset of the electronic logging device mandate has been livestock hauling. Because of the sensitivity of their freight, whose health can be ...

Cokeville, Wyoming-based Cody Davis, owner of three-truck Davis Trucking LLC, hauls livestock across the U.S. with this 2022 Kenworth W900L and accompanying 2023 Merritt livestock trailer. Davis ...

Livestock haulers will get another 90-day waiver on hours of service trucking regulations, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation announced Tuesday. That buys ag organizations a little more time to ...

Legislation meant to enhance commercial operations for haulers of livestock and agricultural commodities was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate. The Haulers of Agriculture and Livestock Safety ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Federal trucking regulators have denied a joint application request for an exemption that would allow truckers transporting livestock, ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2017 - Livestock haulers have lost discretionary control over their livelihoods and risk endangering the lives of the animals they are transporting because of a one-size-fits-all ...

Jake Eystad was contacted on Oct. 10 by one of his customers to haul a load of livestock. Eystad replied that he couldn't move the load until Oct. 28. The customer, with few options, was willing to ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Now that pastures are starting to green up and calves are growing, many producers are getting ready to haul their cow-calf pairs to summer pastures. Multiple factors should be ...