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MAC preparing for tariff impacts

A commercial elevator with business in Canada says grain movement has been heavier than normal to get ahead of next week’s potential tariffs.

Adam Geers is the Vice President of Operations at Michigan Agricultural Commodities.

“Right now we’re working with these end users that say hey, can we work to move this product one or two months early to try and avoid tariffs on both ends?” he explains. “So if space allows, that’s what we’re doing.”

He tells Brownfield sales have also been strategic to avoid the potential of running out of storage capacity, especially following last year’s record corn and soybean production in Michigan.

“And then we also in anticipation, put on some early sales with end users to try and help mitigate that potential risk of filling up, so a combination of shipping some early and our ground piles helps,” he says.

Geer says cross-border trade programs will continue to be evaluated throughout the uncertainty to see if alternative plans are needed.

Photo courtesy of MAC.