agday's michelle rook has the answer. last year's rail crisis in the western corn belt hit farmers hard, costing them millions of dollars. however, a lot has changed in a year... "you know there certainly hasn't been the delays that there was the previous year, so much improved on that, much better service." "they don't have to wait any time to get cars and actually the rates are a little bit cheaper. so it's a pretty good deal because the cost per car is down." so what helped break the logjam? part of it was the railroads caught up with a milder winter and a drop in demand for railcars. "the lesser shipments coming out of bakken oil fields up there have helped alleviate some of the rail congestion." "that demand has slowed by way of the falling prices on oil, but that's really shifted some of the assets and the concerns of the past year or two." and the demand for cars to move grain has also been softer, even with the record crop in haven't been able to take and move out a lot of inventory so i don't think there's a lot

today on agday -i'm michelle rook. a year after the rail crisis here in the western corn belt what are the prospects for