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Prepare for increased grain storage

The anticipated bumper crop of corn and soybeans has heightened the need for extra storage during harvest this fall. Missouri Ag Director Richard Fordyce says transportation is part of the issue, too, with oil activities going on up north. Fordyce tells Brownfield, “That enterprise in North Dakota has pulled a lot of our rail infrastructure – has pulled it out of what we would traditionally know as moving grain along the country’s railways.”

Fordyce says growers should make contact with their elevators now if they haven’t already, “We would encourage producers to go talk to their elevators and talk to them about their storage needs. You know, what kind of storage rates are they going to have. Are they going to have space for your crop?”

He says their Grain Inspection Warehousing Division is already getting inquiries and they are granting permits for storing grain outside. Many farmers are planning to hold on to grain, hoping for higher prices during the winter.

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