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Minnesota turkeys are stuffing outbound trucks

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So it's no big surprise that the Minneapolis market area was also the land of a thousand loads (per day) in the first half of November, as fresh turkeys got stuffed into temp-controlled trailers during the run-up to Thanksgiving. The peak season for reefers in the Minneapolis market is late summer, not late fall. North Carolina.

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Booming Oil Industry Boosts Flatbed Demand

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Rock Island, IL, to Minneapolis rose at an average of $3.71/mile. Florida has a balance problem, where the demand for inbound freight is much higher than the demand for outbound trucks. North Carolina and Virginia were especially affected by the winter weather this month, and prices fell out of Roanoke.