Fallen structures, electrical wires and damaged barges are still clogging the lower Mississippi River, but Louisiana Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says he expects the main artery for U.S. ag exports to be at least partially open for traffic in five days or less.
 
Some grain elevators and terminals are still operational in the wake of Hurricane Ida, but many are not, and getting them up and running is a top priority, Strain told Agri-Pulse in an interview Friday.
 
“We’re all very aware that we have to get these export facilities up and open in order to receive the corn, get it moving so we can get the soybeans in the bins,” he said.
 
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