‘A living, breathing commodity’: Cattle trucking industry poised for regulation relief

Sometimes, livestock must stay in the truck for ten extra hours to wait for the driver’s mandatory sleep break – even if their destination is 60 miles away. Reps. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and Angie Craig (D-MN) want to change this. They have introduced a bipartisan bill, the Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination Act, in the House.