Emergency Executive Order Grants Waiver of Hours For Fertilizer Haulers

North Dakota farmers are facing a shortage due to the delayed and shortened spring planting season

BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Doug Burgum has signed an emergency order loosening driving restrictions for truckers who haul fertilizer.

North Dakota farmers are facing a shortage due to the delayed and shortened spring planting season across the region.

Commercial truck drivers are having to move more fertilizer in a shorter time frame.

The wait for fertilizer at the Dakota Gasification Company plant near Beulah has spanned as much as five hours.

The emergency order will remain in effect through the end of the month.