Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says the Biden administration is committed to improving the infrastructure that impacts rural America. “What that means is roads, bridges, railways, ports even if your Midwestern agricultural community, nowhere near one of the coasts getting those ports developed is a huge part of how we can get exports supported when it comes to our ag sector,” he says.
Low levels on the Mississippi River have caused logistical challenges for grain exports and moving crop inputs like fertilizer up from the Gulf of Mexico.
Buttigieg: Biden administration infrastructure investments good for rural America
