Nation’s economy is recovering following the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Transaction includes grain elevators located along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

Last year, the company idled two plants as US fuel usage dropped due to COVID-19 shelter-at-home orders.

Corn production dips as farmers switch to more profitable crop. 

The event will be held May 20-21, 2021.

Imports likely to increase as animal protein demand returns. 

March 1 wheat holdings the smallest since 2015.

Even so, little time to recover seen before August.

Yet plantings would be the fourth lowest on record.

USDA plantings forecasts for corn and soybeans far below expectations.