Page 23 2026 Spring Farm Outlook LINCOLN DAILY NEWS March 2026 levels, but they can take personal, farm level and community level actions that reduce how much Mississippi River transportation disruptions hurt their operations over the long run. Logan County farmers can reduce long term transportation risk by investing in on farm storage, diversifying marketing, and delivery options, supporting rail and river infrastructure improvements, and working collectively with elevators and policymakers to strengthen the grain transportation system. The ripple effect…It occurs in everything and everywhere and once it starts it usually cannot be stopped. Sometimes, it’s good and other times not so much. All farmers, not just Logan County farmers, know this all too well. The uncontrollable weather is as unnerving, chaotic, and unpredictable as a small room full of six-year-olds on a sugar high. With plans, options, research and involvement there may at least be a contingency plan for those unprecedented times in our lives. [JA Hodgdon-Ruppel] Sources: Drought Conditions for Logan County Farmdoc - The Bulletin - Illinois Crop Update – September 26, 2025 USDA - Grain Transportation Report Datasets National Centers for Environmental Information - Drought Report National Weather Service - Central and Southeast Illinois Drought Page Grain transportation costs rising as Mississippi River levels fall
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