Supply Chain and Logistics
Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition discusses supply chain challenges facing agriculture as snow, sleet and ice threaten most of the Eastern U.S.
Canada’s new voluntary Grocery Sector Code of Conduct will take effect on Jan. 1, a goodwill effort to promote fairness and transparency between retailers and support farms that sell directly to stores.
Stronger rail movement and lower fuel prices are easing logistics, even as export pace and river conditions remain uneven.
Weather-driven transportation disruptions can tighten logistics, affect basis levels, and delay grain movement during winter months.
Transportation access, legal disputes, and fertilizer freight costs will directly influence input pricing and grain movement in 2026.