According to U.S. Grains Council Chairman Chad Willis, there is no quick fix for the shortage of shipping containers. “China and the countries shipping stuff want to get containers back as soon as possible rather than shipping containers to the Midwest.” Willis, who farms at Willmar, Minnesota, chaired the U.S. Grains Council International Marketing Conference and annual membership meeting. Willis says international buyers are concerned about high fertilizer prices and the impact on corn acres. Corn will be fighting for acres throughout the country. “Something we don’t think about in our neck of the woods is that cotton will be taking some corn and soybean acres in the southern U.S. and that could affect things in the (Red River) Valley and Minnesota area.”
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