There are many challenges facing Manitoba's cross-border trucking industry.

Evan Erlandson, owner of E2 Trucking near Altona, spoke about the topic earlier this month at the Fields on Wheels Conference held in Winnipeg.

He notes his company does most of its driving in the U.S., simply because U.S. roads are better to drive on.

"The state of a lot of our secondary highways is such that it certainly influenced our decision to spend more time in the States than in Manitoba or the other Prairie provinces, simply from a repair and maintenance perspective. That cost for us is certainly lower because we're spending most of our time and miles on the south side of the border."

A shortage of drivers and changing regulations were also highlighted by Erlandson as some of the challenges currently facing the industry.