The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved emergency financial relief for struggling crawfish farmers and fisherman for a 2024 harvest that is down 50-90% across Louisiana, according to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. However, the cash might not be enough to save next year’s season. “Louisiana’s crawfish aquaculture industry will experience impacts from the 2023 […]
Photo: Jim Allen – FreightWaves Chart of the Week: Van Contract Initial reporting of average base rate per mile, National Truckload Index removing estimated fuel costs above $1.20/mile – USA SONAR: VCRPM1.USA, NTIL12.USA Truckload contract rates (VCRPM1) continue to show strong elevation in relation to spot rates excluding estimated fuel costs above $1.20 a gallon (NTIL12). […]
DEKWANEH, Lebanon (AP) — If the monthslong conflict playing out on the Lebanese-Israeli border continues to escalate, the United Nations food agency won’t be ready for the spike in nutritional needs across crisis-hit Lebanon, its deputy executive director said Wednesday. Clashes between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israeli forces began on Oct. 8, a […]
As many as 43,000 jobs, $460 million in fishing revenue, $5.2 billion to our regional economy and $17.8 billion in property values: According to a new study (as reported by The News-Press) these would be the economic costs of a water disaster like the one Southwest Florida suffered in 2018-19 when we were hit with […]