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Grain handling facility’s strong suit is speed
The opening of a Central Missouri train loading facility will handle grain faster and might improve the local price. The new MFA Shuttle Loader near Hamilton, Missouri has an advantage in its logistics for taking in grain and loading it out. Manager David Jones tells Brownfield that advantage is speed.
“They’ll be able to get in here and get out very quickly,” said Jones, at the facility’s grand opening Wednesday. “Since we do have a 110-car rail capacity, being able to stay fluid during harvest is definitely key.”
Grain buyer Diana DeHart says the 3.5 million bushel facility will result in less grain remaining in the area, which until now, tended to depress the market.
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