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USDA transportation report a good start

Mike Steenhoek, Executive Director of the Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) says the USDA report on agricultural transportation released on Tuesday, April 27 is a good place to start.

“I hope it really crystallizes in the minds of our policy makers the importance of the issue, it helps identify for them where some of the challenges and shortcomings are and can result in some action steps in the future,” said Steenhoek.

A key point in the USDA report Steenhoek believes is that each transportation mode needs to work together and that adequate funding is needed, in order for the U.S. transportation system to meet the growing needs of U.S. agriculture.

Audio: Mike Steenhoek, Soy Transportation Coalition (9:15 MP3)