The Knights of America’s Highways
Hello, and welcome to another edition of Farmview. In this issue I’m going to talk about a group of people, whom without these good folks, farmers and ranchers could simply not survive! Thereby, we ourselves could not survive! And those people are … the knights of America’s highways…truck drivers!
These dedicated hard working men and women work long, and difficult hours transporting all kinds of goods we would find it hard to live without. In fact, some of the goods these fine people truck back and forth across America are so vital we depend on them for our very existence! And that is of course …. food: produce, livestock, dairy products; all things great and small! This cornucopia of nutrients is gathered by truckers from farms, ranches and dairies in every corner of our great nation, and safely and quickly delivered to their next most important destination in the supply chain, wherever that may be.
Do you know what percentage of our vital agricultural products are transported by truck? The answer is… approximately 90% of America’s food is moved by trucks. In fact, 95% of our nation’s livestock is transported by truck! So I say, thank you, and hats off to America’s truck drivers.
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