The shortage of wooden pallets has produce industry concerned about getting product to market, and President Biden intends to talk about the JBS cyber attack in his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Pallet Shortage Concerns Producers and Biden to Talk JBS with Putin
Wednesday Jun 9th, 2021 From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. In the wake of water shortages, food processors have reduced the number of tomatoes they plan to buy from California farmers.
A new government estimate says tomato acreage will be down nearly 4% from an original planting-intentions survey released in January, citing water availability concerns.
It says planted tomatoes have been “developing nicely,” and the overall crop could still be larger than last year’s. The United Fresh Produce Association is voicing concerns that pallet shortages, have the potential to affect the availability of produce to consumers.