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No Shortage of Grain Trains in South Dakota This Fall

No Shortage of Grain Trains in South Dakota This Fall

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As fall harvest moves along, producers won’t have to worry about a shortage of rail grain cars this year.

Todd Yeaton, former Chair of the State Railroad Board, says there are grain trains available…….

Yeaton says there isn’t the demand for grain cars as in years past…..

Yeaton says costs have come back into line too…..

Yeaton manages a grain loading facility on the MRC line in Kimball.

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