The ag industry has seen several hiccups in recent years when it comes to shipping, and it is why the Soy Checkoff says they put checkoff dollars into improving a Washington state port.
“We were able to go out and present a check for about $1.3 million that the farmers invested in for studies in the Port of Grays Harbor. This is a big thing for soybean farmers in the Midwest and Upper Midwest regions because of the soybean meal export market. We’re crushing more and more soybeans here in the Upper Midwest, and we have a lot of soybean meal to get moved out, and realizing that is a choke point, we needed to do everything we can to try to improve our efficiencies in moving that product,” said Robb Ewoldt, a USB Director and Iowa farmer.
That is not the first project checkoff dollars have helped get off the ground.
