PIERRE, SD – A change in rail service means central South Dakota farmers will be able to get more money for their corn and soybeans by shipping the grain west to Seattle. BNSF Railway is having 110-car trains taken to Highmore or Harrold on the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern-Canadian Pacific line. After the trains are loaded, they return to Wolsey, where BNSF Railway takes over to haul them to the Port of Seattle. Officials say farmers could get from 15 cents to 25 cents more per bushel for their grain because Seattle serves Asian markets, which pay higher prices for corn and soybeans than farmers have received in Chicago. The first shuttle train arrived yesterday in Harrold.
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