A Canadian rail strike would affect U.S. ag

Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition says U.S. agriculture would be affected if a Canadian rail strike happens this week. “What this does impact is those shipments that originate in the United States destined for Canada or shipments that originate in Canada destined for the United States.” He says Canada is the top destination…Continue Reading

Heat, higher humidity to expand across the rest of the Plains, Corn Belt through early next week

Looking ahead, the 6 to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions from the northern Intermountain West to the northern High Plains.  Meanwhile, near- or below-normal rainfall across most of the country should contrast with wetter-than-normal weather in peninsular Florida, southern Texas, and parts of the Southwest, as…Continue Reading

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