A dramatic change in the international soybean market created by the trade war between the United States and China has left soy exporters scrambling to not only find new buyers, but also reroute millions of bushels of beans across the country, reports UPI.
Exporters are slowly finding new buyers in Europe, South America and Africa. But to reach those nations, the beans must be shipped from different U.S. ports, located either on the East Coast or the Gulf of Mexico. This creates a logistical challenge, as exporters look for ways to move massive quantities of soy to these new harbors.
For those in the upper Midwest, there are no direct routes to Gulf ports. Shippers trying to reach them are carving new paths -- trucking the beans for long distances to the Mississippi River, then loading them onto river barges for the remainder of the journey.
Read the full report at UPI.
