The cost paid would not be by the farmers, but the grain grain owners Bunge, Archer Daniels Midland, General mills etc
One aspect that effected me personally was the elimination of Amtrak trains. Back in may we had reservations on an Amtrak train from Seattle to Chicago....... They trains were simply cancelled. We ended up flying.
I think the problem is a great problem for America to have. Scarcity yields growth. It would seem the growth of pipelines will end the pressure on the railroads. You noted rebuilding abandoned trackage that is also growth that would be beneficial.
It will get sorted out and the bottlenecks will be eliminated. There is simply too much $$ involved
“””Ithink the problem is a great problem for America to have. Scarcity yields growth.”””
That used to be true. Now with regulation, environmentalists, bureaucrats and local governments growth is only “deemed” growth. Who wants to fight a battle with all those entities taking that big a risk when they can glom onto what already exists.