The total impact that Hurricane Harvey will have on grain exports from the Gulf Coast is yet to be determined.
Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition says while the Texas Gulf is not that consequential for soybean and corn exports, it is important to wheat exports.
“Twenty-four percent of wheat exports leave from the Texas Gulf region—and so that whole area, naturally, is shut down and will be for the foreseeable future,” Steenhoek says.
Continue reading Hurricane Harvey’s potential impact on grain exports at Brownfield Ag News.
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