Video: Exchange Zone Challenges on Inland Transportation - Mike Steenhoek
When less snow flies in Montana, the translation to less river flow months later is real. Traffic along the entire Mississippi River has been impacted as river levels have reduced width and depth for barges and tows carrying corn, soybeans and fertilizer. Basis is thrown off, transportation plans altered and farmers hoping to ship grain may be stuck holding a crop longer than they planned. Mike Steenhoek is the executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition. He discusses how supply, demand and transportation are struggling to make it out of the exchange zone in sync.