Items Tagged with 'port congestion in Southern California leads to shipping delays'

China has outpaced the U.S. as the world’s top walnut producer, as California growers grapple a slew of setbacks.

While rising inflation has significant impacts on the state’s food production, experts are quick to highlight many other issues impacting farmers as part of a perfect storm of rising costs in California agriculture.

The Capitol, along with several downtown blocks, lost power, just as committees were to deliver the fate of about a thousand bills in the suspense files.

A bill quickly progressing through the Legislature aims to prohibit demurrage and detention fees under such conditions when exporters have no control over shipping delays.

Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla are calling on 13 major ocean carriers to help alleviate the global food shortage by acquiring more containers for agricultural exports.

Promising signs still lay ahead for walnuts—despite a tumultuous year for port congestion, a supply chain crunch and a potentially deepening drought.

Despite state and federal intervention, the shipping situation at some West Coast ports continues to get worse.