Recent analysis by American Farm Bureau finds the number of unfilled grain car orders increased by nearly 50 percent last year.
Ag economist Danny Munch tells Brownfield unfilled orders are a day or more late to buyers like grain elevators, and many waited much longer to get the railcars they needed.
“Over half of those orders that were one or more days overdue were also 11 or more days overdue which really shows some of the severity of that disruption,” he explains.
