Washington farm exports hampered by cargo-container shortage
Washington farm exports hampered by cargo-container shortage March 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Apples are synonymous with the state of Washington. Some Washington apple orchards cover more than 5,000 acres.Khadija Ruby // Shutterstock SEATTLE (AP) — Farm exporters in Washington state have been left with stockpiles of product and idle trucks as the pandemic has created a shortage of cargo containers. Dave Martin, export sales manager for Stemilt Growers in Wenatchee, one of the state's biggest tree-fruit exporters, said the company would ship up to 15 containers of fruit a week to Taiwan b...