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Prior disruptions help CHS navigate pandemic

An official with the nation’s largest farm cooperative says previous disruptions have helped prepare them for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gary Halvorson is senior vice president of agronomy for Minnesota-based CHS.

“Last spring it was the flooded river system in the United States that impaired barge traffic. In the past we’ve (also) had rail service issues because of demand on capacity for the Burlington Northern or the Canadian Pacific rail we rely on heavily for the Upper Midwest supply chain.”

He tells Brownfield CHS has to be flexible in times like these.

“Flexibility for our supply chain, the agility to be able to move between sources to get product in a timely (and) cost-effective manner to where it needs to be. All those things are important, whether it’s crop nutrients or crop protection.”

Halvorson says so far, there have been minimal service disruptions.  But that could change has field activity picks up.