# Grain Transportation Report, February 27, 2025

> The USDA Grain Transportation Report says severe winter weather disrupted BNSF rail operations along its Northern Transcon, with grain shuttle origin dwell times reaching 68 hours. Loaded cars not moved in 48 hours rose to 1,346, and secondary market values for shuttle placements topped $2,000 per car amid strong corn exports through Pacific Northwest terminals.

- Date: 2025-02-27 · published 2025-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16473-grain-transportation-report-february-27-2025
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Rail delays tighten Northwest grain movement and raise freight costs, while strong export demand through the region supports corn prices and Pacific basis.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-02-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 21, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60482-grain-transportation-report-february-21-2019.md) | -0.3% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2024-01-25 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 25, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16572-grain-transportation-report-january-25-2024.md) | -0.8% | -6.4% |
| CORN | 2025-07-24 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 24, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16932-grain-transportation-report-july-24-2025.md) | +1.0% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2020-01-30 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 30, 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54976-grain-transportation-report-january-30-2020.md) | -1.1% | -2.9% |
| CORN | 2025-03-13 | [Grain Transportation Report, March 13, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16463-grain-transportation-report-march-13-2025.md) | +6.5% | +5.2% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.02-27-2025

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