Today the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) testified before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) about excessive demurrage and accessorial charges against agricultural retailers and distributors.
ARA has championed efforts to remove these tariffs and is optimistic in the opportunity the Congress has to ratify the trade agreement in the near future.
Should farmers choose not to plant in 2019 and instead take prevented planting compensation, the retailer will be left holding product which will either drop in value, or worse, be of no value at all
