Fairmont, Minnesota farmer Lawrence Sukalski coordinates the United Soybean Board Infrastructure and Connectivity Committee. Low water levels on the Mississippi River have been a domestic problem. Overseas, it is the conflict on the Red Sea. “It’s a real problem because now people have to go around the Suez Canal.” While at Commodity Classic, Sukalski met with representatives of the BNSF Railway. “They’ve got 600 extra units of power if we ever get into trouble, they’ll get the cobwebs off them and use them so I really feel good about moving soybeans to the Pacific Northwest.”