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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

[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, ...

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 ...

A handful of farm groups have been rejected in their effort to exempt truckers hauling live animals from federal mandates limiting the hours a driver can be on the job. According to a Federal Register ...

The Trucking Alliance is urging every member of Congress to oppose passage of a bill proposed in the Senate that aims to rewrite the federal hours of service regulations for a very specific group of ...

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 ...

When Steve Brandt founded Steve’s Livestock Transport in 1987, Brandt started with a single truck that he used to provide livestock hauling services for customers in Western Canada. At the time, ...

The Department of Transportation has granted a 90-day waiver from the requirement that agricultural and livestock haulers install electronic logging devices in their ...

Because of the ongoing drought, Minnesota's governor has again signed an emergency order waiving some regulations on hours of service for truck drivers to allow for more efficient movement of ...