# Reefer Produce Report: California citrus hits shortage, Yakima tightens, and the border keeps climbing

California citrus is the week’s biggest story. South/Central CA citrus (blood oranges, grapefruit, lemons, oranges, tangelos) jumped from Adequate to.

## Dry van report: The capacity isn’t gone — it just got selective

The Journal of Commerce Truckload Capacity Index edged up from 72.4% in Q3 2025 to 73.5% in Q4, but don’t.

## The other side of the rate: Using Shipper Spot Rate to win bids, protect margins, and read the market

For freight brokers, the difference between a profitable quarter and a stressful one often comes down to how quickly you.

## Flatbed report: The construction boom that fueled flatbed is fading

Nonresidential construction spending fell 0.6% in December, and the numbers underneath that headline are worse than they look for flatbed.

## Reefer Produce Report: South Texas goes full squeeze; Every lane hits slight shortage

South Texas is the tightest produce origin in the country. All nine lanes out of Mexico crossings through South Texas.

## Dry van report: Why spot market carriers feel the diesel pain first

The war in the Middle East has quickly injected volatility into global energy markets, and diesel prices are responding faster.

## Flatbed report: The port that moves the machinery that moves America

Every March, flatbed carriers along the East Coast and into the Mid-Atlantic feel a familiar tightening — and the Port.

## Reefer Produce Report: The calm lasted one week; Nogales, South Texas, and Florida all tighten

The big picture Last week’s all-Adequate reset? Gone. Slight Shortage conditions are back at three of the four biggest produce.

## Dry van report: The freight market is waking up — LMI says so

The February 2026 Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI) reported a solid 61.5 reading, up from 59.6 in January and marking one.

## Reefer Produce Report: Every produce region hits adequate as Florida’s slide continues

The Big Picture For the first time in weeks, every single origin in the USDA report is showing Adequate truck.

## Flatbed report: Tonnage ticks up but the recovery remains slow going

The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index edged up 0.4% in January to a seasonally adjusted reading of 113.0, following a.

## Dry van report: Manufacturing is back, and that’s good news for truckload demand

For the second straight month, U.S. manufacturing is expanding, and the February ISM Manufacturing PMI of 52.4 carries some meaningful.