Hurricane Damage to New Orleans Port Delaying Feed Exports to Costa Rica
Hurricane Ida’s damage to port facilities in New Orleans has caused “significant” delays to exports of feed grains to Costa Rica, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service said Nov. 8. Animal operators have had to ration their feed…
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due to shortages of corn and soybeans in Costa Rica, where the poultry, pork and dairy sectors “rely almost exclusively” on U.S. suppliers, USDA said. The agency also said the shortage forced Costa Rica to shut down its only soybean crushing mill for weeks in October. Costa Rican importers expect market conditions to return to normal by mid-November.