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The Dairy Bar: U.S. Milk Production Grows At Impressive Pace, Delays in Cargo Shipping Arrivals Add to Container Shortage, and The U.S. Economy in a Minute! Quick Bites: Trouble at Sea Cargo shipments continue to arrive late, backing up supply chains and exacerbating global port congestion. Data by Sea-Intelligence shows only 40% of containers arrived on time in March, well below a rate of 70% last year. Those delays are adding to an international container shortage as strong consumer spending is spurring a crush of imports, particularly into U.S. ports. In turn, tight capacity and soaring demand are pushing freight rates upward. Moving a 40-foot container between China and the U.S. West Coast cost $5,650 last week, up 228% year-over-year, according to estimates by Freightos....