Source: FARM PROGRESS. 4/6/20


Grain shipments have gone mostly undisturbed by COVID-19, with only short pauses from international customs agencies inspecting for coronavirus infections on vessels, says U.S. Grains Council CEO Ryan LeGrand. Ports around the world are operating “pretty much normally” as they ship grain to regular buyers such as Japan, South Korea and Mexico. Domestically, corn shipments still reached an 11-month high in March — 130 million bushels off USDA estimates but nonetheless a “bright spot.”

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