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Table 1: Grain transport cost indicators (xlsx) - Weekly changes in truck, rail, barge, and ocean freight rates using diesel prices, nearby secondary rail market rates, Illinois barge rates, and ocean freight rates from U.S. Gulf and PNW to Japan as proxies. SOURCE: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/Transportation & Marketing Program
Tables 2A and 2B: U.S. origins to export position price spreads and futures prices ($/bushel) (xlsx) - Compares interior prices of corn in Illinois and Nebraska and Gulf, Iowa and Gulf soybean prices, Kansas and Gulf Hard Red Winter wheat, and North Dakota and Portland Hard Red Spring wheat. SOURCE: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/Transportation & Marketing Program
- Figure 6, 7, 8; Table 5: Bids/Offers for railcars to be delivered in the secondary market (xlsx) - Weekly railcar bids/offers for the secondary non-shuttle and shuttle railcar market. SOURCE: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/Transportation & Marketing Program
- Table 6: Rail tariff rates for wheat shipments (xlsx) - Monthly wheat tariff rail rates and fuel surcharges for selected U.S. origin and destination pairs. SOURCES: www.bnsf.com, www.cpkcr.com, www.csx.com, www.up.com
- Table 7: Rail tariff rates for corn and soybean unit/shuttle shipments (xlsx) - Monthly corn and soybean tariff rail rates and fuel surcharges for selected U.S. origin and destination pairs. SOURCES: www.bnsf.com, www.cn.ca, www.cpkcr.com, www.csx.com, www.up.com
- Table 8: Rail tariff rates for U.S. bulk grain shipments to Mexico (xlsx) - Monthly tariff rail rates and fuel surcharges from selected U.S. origin states to selected Mexican regions. SOURCES: www.bnsf.com, www.up.com, www.kcsouthern.com
- Figure 9: Railroad fuel surcharges (xlsx) - Monthly weighted average railroad fuel surcharges. SOURCES: www.bnsf.com, www.cn.ca, www.cpkcr.com, www.csx.com, , www.norfolksouthern.com, www.up.com, USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/Transportation & Marketing Program
- Figure 10: Illinois River barge freight rate (xlsx) - Weekly Illinois River barge freight rate as a percent of tariff. SOURCE: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/Transportation & Marketing Program
- Table 9: Weekly barge freight rates: Southbound only (xlsx) - Nearby, 1-month, and 3-month barge freight rates as a percent of tariff, for Twin Cities, Mid-Mississippi, Illinois, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Lower Ohio, and Cairo-Memphis. SOURCE: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/Transportation & Marketing Program
- Table 10: Barged grain movements (xlsx) - Weekly barged grain movements through specific locks and dams by grain type. SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Figure 12: Grain Barge Movements through Mississippi River Locks 27 (xlsx) - Weekly southbound grain barge movements through Lower Mississippi River Locks 27. SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Figure 13: Upbound empty barges (xlsx) - Weekly northbound movements of empty barges through Mississippi River Locks 27, Arkansas River Lock and Dam 1, and Ohio River Locks and Dam 52. SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Figure 14: Grain barges unloaded in New Orleans region (xlsx) - Weekly southbound grain barge movements through Mississippi River Locks 27, Arkansas River Lock and Dam 1, and Ohio River Locks and Dam 52 compared with the number of grain barges unloaded in New Orleans region. Note: does not include barges originated south of Locks 27 near St. Louis, MO. SOURCES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/Transportation & Marketing Program
- Table 11: Monthly barge freight rates Columbia-Snake River (xlsx) - Per ton rate for Dalles, OR; Biggs, OR; Arlington, OR; Rosevelt, WA; Boardman, OR, and Hogue Warner, OR; Umatilla, OR; Port Kelly, WA; Wallula, WA; Burbank, WA; Kennewick, WA; Pasco, WA; Sheffler, WA; Windust, WA; Lower Monumental, WA; Lyons Ferry, WA; Central Ferry, WA; Almota, WA; Lewiston, ID; Clarkston, WA; and Wilma, WA. SOURCE: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/Transportation & Marketing Program
- Table 12: Monthly barged grain movements Columbia-Snake River (xlsx) - Monthly grain movements through specific locks and dams by grain type. SOURCE: USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service
- Table 14: U.S. export balances and cumulative exports (xlsx) - Unshipped export sales balances and cumulative marketing-year-to-date export sales of wheat, corn, and soybeans. SOURCE: USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service
- Table 15: Top 5 importers of U.S. corn (xlsx) - Cumulative export sales commitments for the top 5 importing countries of U.S. corn that account for over 70% of U.S. corn exports. SOURCE: USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service
- Table 16: Top 5 importers of U.S. soybeans (xlsx) - Cumulative export sales commitments for the top 5 importing countries of U.S. soybeans that account for over 80% of U.S. soybean exports. SOURCE: USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service
- Table 17: Top 10 importers of U.S. wheat (xlsx)--Cumulative export sales commitments for the top 10 importing countries of U.S. wheat that account for over 60% of U.S. wheat exports. Cumulative export sales commitments for the top 10 importing countries of U.S. wheat that account for over 60% of U.S. wheat exports. - Cumulative export sales commitments for the top 10 importing countries of U.S. wheat that account for over 60% of U.S. wheat exports. SOURCE: USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service
- Table 18: Grain inspections for export by U.S. port region (1,000 metric tons) (xlsx) - Weekly inspections of wheat, corn, and soybeans, for the port regions of Pacific Northwest, Mississippi Gulf, Texas Gulf, Interior, Great Lakes, and Atlantic. SOURCE: USDA/Federal Grain Inspection Service
- Figure 17: U.S. grain inspected for export (wheat, corn, and soybeans) (xlsx) - Weekly total U.S. grain inspected for export (wheat, corn, and soybeans), measured in million bushels (mbu). Compares the current week’s total to the 3-year average. SOURCE: USDA/Federal Grain Inspection Service
- Figure 18: U.S. grain inspections for U.S. Gulf and PNW (wheat, corn, and soybeans) (xlsx) - Weekly grain inspected for export (wheat, corn, and soybeans), measured in million bushels (mbu), for the Mississippi Gulf, Texas Gulf, and Pacific Northwest. Compares the current week’s values to their respective prior-year values and 3-year averages. SOURCE: USDA/Federal Grain Inspection Service
- Table 19_Figure 19: Weekly port region grain ocean vessel activity (number of vessels) (xlsx) - Weekly number of grain vessels loaded during the week and expected to be loaded within the next 10 days in the Gulf, PNW, and Vancouver, B.C. Also, Figure 16 shows weekly vessel loading activity in the U.S. Gulf compared to same period a year earlier and 4-year average. SOURCE: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/Transportation & Marketing Program
- Figure 20 Grain vessel rates, U.S. to Japan (xlsx) - Compares the monthly ocean freight rates for shipping bulk grain and the spread between the U.S. Gulf and PNW to Japan to the same period a year earlier and 4-year average. SOURCE: O'Neil Commodity Consulting