With harvest well under way across the country, one method of transportation that has been largely spared from recent supply chain snarls has run aground, literally. Limited rains across the Midwest and South have dropped.
At least two Cargill grain elevators on the Mississippi River have stopped taking corn and soybeans because the bins are full, and they can t send grain down the river fast enough. Meanwhile, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials on the Missouri River are reducing water releases out of Gavins Point, South Dakota. Corps officials on the Missouri River also are not authorized to increase dam releases to support the Mississippi River system.
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Market access is vital to the operation of any business, including farms and ranches across the United States. The complex system of rail lines crisscrossing the nation are essential to delivering inputs to producers and.