US grain exports snagged by infrastructure delays

AP ^ | August 25, 2008 | By Christopher Leonard and Catherine Tsai, AP Business Writers

[Vince Ferrer]

Somehow, the AP found a way to spin an excellent yield in crops this summer, despite flooding earlier in the midwest, into a doom and gloom article.

US grain exports snagged by infrastructure delays

[TigerLikesRooster]

Soliciting your opinion, ping!

[meatloaf]

This has been a problem for years. Covered hopper cars for grain have been in short supply before. It’s old news as is the mountains of grain stored outside.

[Wonder Warthog]

"A surprisingly large harvest this fall is expected to test the system even further. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts farmers will produce the second largest corn crop and fourth largest soybean crop in history."

Gee. I wonder what happened to all those "crop shortages" that were supposed to be due to making ethanol from corn???