Labor shortage a primary concern for transporting grain

Mar 01, 2022 at 02:45 PM CST
Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, led the panel discussion with soy industry professionals about how transportation, emerging markets, and the supply chain play into the production decisions that Iowa soybean farmers make. Much of the conversation was steered towards the transportation side of things. Steenhoek said it was because “people don’t think about transportation until they hit a pothole- and we’ve had a lot of potholes lately, both figuratively and literally.”

Mar 01, 2022 at 02:45 PM CST

Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, led the panel discussion with soy industry professionals about how transportation, emerging markets, and the supply chain play into the production decisions that Iowa soybean farmers make. Much of the conversation was steered towards the transportation side of things. Steenhoek said it was because “people don’t think about transportation until they hit a pothole- and we’ve had a lot of potholes lately, both figuratively and literally.”