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Podcast: MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON
Episode: Waterways, Rail Handle Harvest After Investments
Description: Despite a record harvest creating logistical pressure, the U.S. transportation system is currently keeping up with demand, thanks in part to recent investments and a temporary slowdown in export activity. Max Fisher, chief economist and treasurer for the National Grain & Feed Association, explains that global trade shifts provided a buffer. The current trade environment, particularly reduced grain movement to major export hubs in the Pacific Northwest and the Gulf of Mexico, has eased congestion. “The trade barriers have meant that we have a little excess capacity, especially in our rail system right no...