Grain shipments on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System were up more than 23% in November.
Craig Middlebrook with the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation says that figure includes both U.S. and Canadian grain.
U.S Grains Council Manager of Global Trade Reece Cannady tells Brownfield shipments on the Great Lakes are in part because of a strong soybean program sending shipments to Egypt. “You can see some stuff going to the Middle East as well, Saudi Arabia coming back and buying swaths of corn was a good thing.
