Produce Bottleneck Hits Local Growers
A regional shortage of rail cars leaves potato and vegetable shipments languishing in Walla Walla warehouses.
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Local commission houses are finding themselves considerably hampered in making shipments in car lots to eastern terminals owing to the present scarcity of cars. At the Walla Walla Produce company's east Main street house, there are several carloads of potatoes and mixed vegetables awaiting shipment to eastern and Dakota markets. The company also has several carloads of produce at up-state points awaiting shipment east, but the same condition prevails there, and some delay will probably be experienced in the matter of transportation.
“Local commission houses are finding themselves considerably hampered in making shipments in car lots to eastern terminals owing to the present scarcity of cars.”
Supply chain issues and agricultural logistics are perennial concerns for the Walla Walla agricultural economy. Just as growers faced rail bottlenecks in 1903, modern producers remain tied to the capacity and availability of regional shipping infrastructure.
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