# Valley’s agriculture depends on labor peace in seaports | Guest Editorials | yakimaherald.com

> Washington State tree fruit leaders warn that the West Coast longshore contract expiring in July 2019 could bring a repeat of the 2014 port stand-off. The 2014 dispute cost Washington farms and businesses an estimated $769.5 million.

- Date: 2017-07-09 · published 2017-07-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69976-valley-s-agriculture-depends-on-labor-peace-in-seaports-guest-editorials
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

The risk of a future West Coast port labor stoppage raises long-term logistics risk for US export grain and food shipments, but no action is occurring now.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Sources

- yakimaherald.com: https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/editorials/guest_editorials/valley-s-agriculture-depends-on-labor-peace-in-seaports/article_972a1dd2-6366-11e7-be82-236d00f0f968.html

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