MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) - Justin Ralph estimates he has made about 200 trips this year to deliver grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle. They are accustomed to using their four semi-trucks to transport crops totaling about 800 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat to market.
What they are not used to are the distances they have had to travel in recent years, a result of the bad weather that is only expected to increase in their area due to climate change. They used to use a grain elevator in Mayfield, Kentucky - a huge facility ...
