#PERSONAL CONVEYANCE RULE DRIVERS#
Since 1988, Congress and FMCSA have recognized the need to provide agricultural operations and drivers with flexibility in the transportation of agricultural commodities, livestock, farm supplies, and farm machinery due to a wide variety of time and weather sensitive planting, harvest, and livestock feeding activities in the United States. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Commercial motor vehicle safety and driver health and safety requirements are enforced by the U.S.
It links farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and service industries to grain elevators, ethanol plants, processors, feedlots, and markets, as well as ports, intermodal, rail, and barge facilities.īecause of agriculture's reliance on trucking, the availability of trucks and drivers, especially during planting and harvest, is critical to farmers' profitability. It carries 70 percent of agricultural and food products, alcohols, fertilizers, lumber, wood products, paper, pulp, and paperboard articles. Trucking is a critical mode of transportation for rural America. Regulatory Representation for Truck Transportation
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