Common Sense Prevails in Farmer Trucking Regulations

In perhaps the quickest turnaround that has been seen out of Washington, DC for a while, an agency determination on farmer transportation guidelines was announced last week.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration took just nine days to review 1,700 comments and determine that in two of the three areas under review there was no need for additional guidance.

The agency issued clarifying guidance to state enforcement officials that farmers operating under crop share arrangements are not common or contract carriers and should be eligible for the farmer exemption, if that state allows the exemption.