Statewide, Iowa – The number of rail cars carrying retail goods through Iowa slowed in June.
The Iowa DOT’s Stewart Anderson keeps track of those numbers.
Anderson says the drop is likely linked to international trade issues.
Anderson adds the rail shipments of other items that don’t come in those intermodal containers increased by 2.1 percent.
Anderson says the USDA has indicated corn shipments have increased, while soybean shipments have dropped.
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