private grain trade

How bad is it?

(March 5, 2014)  The media is now full of stories about the chaos at grain ports.  Unfortunately few of them are going much beyond the simple minded mantra of blaming the railways. Much as I hate to miss the chance to criticize the railways, this time the rancor is misplaced.  This is clearly a problem created by the private grain companies and transportation is just a subset of that bigger...