FPAA signed on to the letter in concern of the potential for a devastating nationwide rail strike in early December and call on Congress to ensure this worst-case scenario is averted. A rail stoppage would cost at least $2 billion per day in lost economic output across the U.S and would also lead to plant [...]
During the annual meeting of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) on November 1st, the association’s president, Lance Jungmeyer, presented the FPAA Member of the Year Award to Matt Mandel from SunFed. The Member of the Year is nominated by FPAA members and is defined as someone who goes above and beyond in [...]
The FPAA joined 193 agriculture groups under the Ag Transportation Working Group (ATWG) calling for swift action from Congress to help avert a rail strike. The ATWG wrote, “A strike or lockout combined with existing challenges in the rail system, at our ports, with trucking and with record low water levels on the Mississippi River impacting [...]
