Temporary Storage:Permanent Solution

摘要

For grain elevators, temporary storage may be the answer to unpredictable harvests.When it released its Sept. 11, 2014 crop report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted record national yields for both corn and soybeans. With many farmers still holding on to last year's crop in hopes of higher prices, and a backlog in rail shipments causing at least one elevator to close its doors, are the nation's grain elevators ready to absorb the tsunami of grain poised to crash down? What about next year's crop?By Steven Kilger