Hours-of-service relief part of response to historic Minnesota drought

Flatbed truck carrying large bales of hay.

Minnesota farmers have been slapped in the face by Mother Nature this year.

A major drought has dried up hay crops, leaving many farmers and cattle ranchers in the dust and prompting a multipronged government response that relies in part on relaxing hours-of-service regulations on truck drivers.

‘I’ve never seen it like this’

“We really had a one-two punch this summer,” Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen told FreightWaves. “It wasn’t just that we didn’t get rain, it was that we...

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