The Red Sea and Suez Canal are not major shipping channels for agriculture. However, Scott Sinner from SB&B Foods at Casselton says the impact will be felt. “We may not have a whole lot of U.S. soy going through the Suez Canal, but because of all the shipments that are supposed to go through there are going other places that are taking up vessel space and things out of our normal shipping lanes, it affects our shipping.” When ships are directed around the southern tip of Africa or the southern tip of South America, it adds time to the process. “Our whole system is based on timing and so when that gets out of whack, the whole system gets out of whack.” Sinner is a member of the U.S. Soybean Export Council board.
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