North Dakota is taking emergency measures to resolve the truck driver shortage that is affecting milk distribution.
An executive order waives the hours of service requirements for a month for trucks hauling milk. Some licensing requirements have been suspended until April.
The governor and Ag Commissioner say that milk logistics have put more than 50 school districts “at-risk” of losing deliveries.
This comes after one major distributor in North Dakota went out of business partially due to a lack of drivers.
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