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Dec 01, 2016
The Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) held a meeting in Williamsburg, Va. this week to conduct organizational business and visit key transportation components in the region. American Soybean Association (ASA) Directors Gerry Hayden (KY) and Ken Boswell (NE) attended the meeting, along with ASA Washington staff and numerous soybean farmers and state soybean staff. At the meeting, Hayden of was elected to serve as the next chairman of the STC.
Boswell and ASA Washington staff provided an update to the STC on the outlook on federal transportation issues in 2017, including discussion on the potential for significant infrastructure initiatives that have been proposed by President-elect Donald Trump. In addition the group heard from Sharon Clark, vice president of Perdue Agribusiness, on their operations and transportation issues, which are primarily focused in the mid-Atlantic and Eastern United States.
Other topics and activities included a discussion of alternative financing approaches for dredging on the lower Mississippi River, a visit to Norfolk Southern Railway and the Port of Virginia.
