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The Biden administration, together with U.S. shippers and the ag sector, are pressuring ocean carriers to stop turning down farm commodity shipments, but it may take Congress to force the issue.

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.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and President Biden’s ports envoy, John Porcari, will be discussing the ongoing supply chain crunch at a webinar Monday sponsored by Agri-Pulse.