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USDA aims to replicate container yard expansions at ports for ag

01/31/22 5:26 PM By Bill Tomson
KEYWORDS ag exports california Dusty Johnson John Garamendi John Porcari Port of Oakland shipping containers Supply chain disruption Tom Vilsack usda USDEC
The USDA will fund 60% of the cost of adding a new 25-acre container yard at the Port of Oakland, while also subsidizing ag exporters' shipping expenses, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Biden administration wants to repeat the project elsewhere.
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