Key export markets like Japan, Korea and Mexico want #2 Yellow Corn at 14 percent moisture. That will be hard to source with the wet, light testweight crop across the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains. CHS Executive Vice President of Country Operations Rick Dusek says adjustments are needed with the quality issues. “Typically, in the Red River Valley and west, a lot of the corn is loaded into shuttles and shipped to the PNW. That means we’ve got to find it a different home like feed destinations, ethanol and any type of processing that will take lower quality corn.” Once wheels roll next spring, Dusek says there will be a lot of demand for fertilizer in a short period of time. “We’re working with our logistics network, making sure our (fertilizer) sheds are full and hopefully, talk about pricing with farmers so we can predict as well as we can what the demand will be and make sure we can take care of farmers.”
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