A decade-long driver shortage has turned into a job shortage this year in Manitoba’s $1.2-billion trucking industry, according to the Manitoba Trucking Association.

The United States and China are Manitoba’s two largest agri-food export destinations , but both have placed tariffs on Canada in the past year. That's directly hit the province’s farmers and those who deliver what they grow, the trucking association says.

"Most companies, I would say, are losing money on their operations right now, or making very marginal profits unless they're in some sort of niche segment somewhere within the sector," said executive director Aaron Dolyniuk.

Ideally, one truck should be standing by, ready to take more orders, for every truck on the road, said Dolyniuk.

But this fall, the transportation l

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