Ag Transportation Dedicated to Your Business
Ag transportation can be stressful and can take away the time you need to focus on your core business. That’s why the J.B. Hunt Ag Services motto is, “You Grow. We Go.” For more than a decade, we’ve been working with ag-specific businesses with a strong focus on fleet security and biosecurity – offering a dedicated private fleet experience to those hauling a wide range of products like:
- Feed and Grain
- Live Haul of Poultry and Hogs
- Bulk Milk and Eggs
- Rendering
- Aggregates
- Bulk Liquid Freight
- Logs
Your business needs efficiency when moving back and forth between farms and plants and our ag services team has a track record of finding those opportunities. Our size, scale and density, combined with our diversified business model, brings you flexibility that you can’t always get with other transportation providers.
Best Practices in Biosecurity
With so many trucks leaving the farm every day, the consequences of a biosecurity breach could be catastrophic for your business. You need haulers who are committed to following protocols and best practices. Our teams work to build relationships with customers and understand all the unique needs of your business, and we employ biosecurity experts and keep trained managers on site to ensure all SOPs are consistently followed.
Our expertise when hauling poultry means we recognize the sensitivity of handling live production transport, and the time and money it has taken to make a product market ready. Improper ventilation and poor control of the onboard thermal micro-environment can result in the loss of birds. Our drivers undergo specific training and receive proper certifications surrounding poultry as well, such as the Poultry Handling and Transportation (PHT) certification from U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. We’re also a certified cold carrier through the Global Cold Chain Alliance. We also have experience in the transportation of hogs, so our drivers are TQA certified for the safe handling of hogs and are regularly trained and briefed to help prevent biosecurity breaches.
Our training doesn’t stop at a one-time earned credential either. We conduct annual training on animal welfare and biosecurity for all employees involved in the live haul process. Our J.B. Hunt Ag Services drivers also receive customer-specific training, so they are fully prepared to move your product once on-site. All our training practices are in place so you can have confidence that your product is in safe hands during transport.
Best Drivers to Handle Your Transportation
We understand the difficulties in finding and hiring quality drivers, especially for specialized industries. Having a driver come onto your farm is like having them in your home, and we work hard to make sure only the best will be coming to you. Most of our practices for hiring drivers may seem fairly standard, but the fact is that not every transportation company has the process or means to provide the same level of vetting for their drivers as we do.
J.B. Hunt Ag Services maintains specific hiring protocols to secure professional, dedicated drivers for your business. We thoroughly screen our drivers utilizing hair drug tests and background checks that reference an applicant's social security number rather than their tax ID number. By providing an applicant's social security number for a background check, J.B. Hunt can retrieve more data on a driver's past, making it extremely difficult for those with poor driving records to get hired. So when you select J.B. Hunt Ag Services for your transportation needs you will know you’re getting one of the best every time.
Best in Business
When you convert your fleet management with J.B. Hunt Ag Services, you get a private dedicated fleet provider experience without having to manage it yourself. Our ag services team has a track record of finding efficient opportunities from farms to plants to back again.
We have the engineering expertise and manpower to optimize truck schedules and help you take advantage of opportunities to save time and money. You can have peace of mind knowing you’re backed by a stable company that can build the live production network you need. Our services can help you stay competitive by giving you new insight into your operation’s logistics and transportation functions.
When you’re backed by J.B. Hunt, you gain more than just a trucking company you can trust. You gain a logistics provider who provides on-site management, mitigates risk and allows you to return to your core business. Together, we can find what optimum efficiency means for your business. Contact us to outsource your fleet!