Senior leadership from the White House, USDA and Transportation Department met with agricultural stakeholders Friday to discuss the partial closure of the Port of Baltimore. Government officials cited the Port’s importance in moving farm commodities and machinery, saying it would reopen the shipping lanes as soon as possible. The ag groups represented at the meeting included Farm Bureau, Farmers Union and commodity groups representing soybean, dairy, feed, fertilizer and sugar industries.
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