Survey Highlights Your Top Transportation Challenges and Solutions

Transportation and logistics often rank among the top challenges greenhouse growers face, and this past year looks like no exception. One of the questions we asked in Greenhouse Grower’s 2025 State of the Industry survey was about top transportation challenges. The chart below offers a glimpse at some of the main concerns growers have.

On the flip side, we also asked about solutions you have found that worked to address your biggest trucking challenges. Here are some of the responses we received.

• “Hire other companies to help transport during peak seasons.”
• “Returning drivers helps, but we are using older drivers who at some point won’t continue to work the long hours.”
• “Find a local logistic company to partner with.”
• “Full Rack Workspace.”
• “Hired additional part-time drivers”
• “Paying drivers more to retain them, and better maintenance on trucks.”
• “Stick with good truckers who know our lanes and customers”
• “Truck Leases have reduced our maintenance and truck down time dramatically.”
• “Outsourcing to third-party carriers.”
• “We will be shopping our insurance needs in the off season.”
• “Retaining seasonal drivers from year to whenever possible, use current employees from production and facilities for deliveries during peak shipping.”