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An Illinois farmer says she’s excited President Trump plans to make infrastructure a priority.

Lynn Rohrscheib tells Brownfield 60 percent of the state’s soybeans are exported which need access to quality roads, bridges, rail and waterways.  “That value of those commodities is around $3 billion. If we lose those avenues—with our bridges and roadways and railroads and also our waterway systems—that’s a huge amount of profitability that’s going to go away for our farmers.”

She says transportation infrastructure is necessary to remain competitive on the global market. 

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