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Bob Renke walks through what is beginning to be a mountain of corn on the east side of Highway 85 in Platteville Thursday, October 23, 1997. The corn belongs to Monfort, and will be used in their feedlot operations around Weld County, north of Denver. The corn that is being piled on top is from the Wiggins area. Bumper harvests in several farm states have forced elevators to dump grain on the ground, and now a rail car shortage is keeping it there. Blaming the problem on Union Pacific Railroad's merger with Southern Pacific, Midwestern lawmakers are asking federal officials for priority status for their states' elevators and export stations to allow shipments to port facilities. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Greeley Tribune/Jay Quadracci)