The recent Amtrak train crash in Missouri and a New Mexico flash flood have had an impact on certain agricultural railroad shipments.
Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition tells Brownfield a temporary Burlington Northern Santa Fe embargo affected producers in the Midwest and in California at a time when rail transportation already has challenges. “The ability to have a viable livestock sector whether it’s in California or the southwest or the southeast or the south-central portion of the country, so many of those animals are fed grain and soybean meal that’s produced in the Midwest.”
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway says they implemented a temporary permit embargo last week on agricultural, automotive, and industrial commodities bound for California from 14 states including Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, and Tennessee.
