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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A truck that ferries livestock from places like auctions to feedlots is parked in Garden City, Kansas. A new, widely debated federal mandate requires truckers to electronically track the number of ...

[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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

ELGIN, N.D.-When Warren Zenker hauled cattle commercially, he and other drivers might stretch past allowed hours of service to go the last 100 miles and get the animals to their destination. While a ...