Grain Truck and Ocean Rate Advisory (GTOR) | Agricultural Marketing Service

The Grain Truck and Ocean Rate Advisory presents an overview of the transportation market for grain trucks as well as ocean freight rates for shipping bulk grain. The truck overview includes national and regional truck rates, indices representing current and future truck usage, and a truck availability index tracking trends in the perceived ease of hiring a truck as reported by grain elevators. Quarterly ocean freight rates for shipping bulk grain from the U.S. Gulf and Pacific Northwest are reported to selected foreign markets in dollars per metric ton.