# Grain Transportation Report, January 2, 2025

> USDA's Grain Transportation Report for the week ending December 28, 2024 showed 945,000 tons of grain moving south through Mississippi River System locks, the largest weekly volume of 2024. Corn movements hit 500,000 tons and soybeans 410,000 tons, driven by rising export sales. The Port of Duluth-Superior closed its 2024 oceangoing season as the St. Lawrence Seaway prepared to close.

- Date: 2025-01-02 · published 2025-01-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16482-grain-transportation-report-january-2-2025
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Strong southbound grain flows on the Mississippi support Gulf export loadings and firm corn and soybean basis, though forecast record cold could slow barge traffic.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARGE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-01-04 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 4, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16569-grain-transportation-report-january-4-2024.md) | -1.1% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2023-01-05 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 5, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16659-grain-transportation-report-january-5-2023.md) | +0.3% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2024-07-03 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 4, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16529-grain-transportation-report-july-4-2024.md) | +0.7% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2022-07-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 21, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16695-grain-transportation-report-july-21-2022.md) | -5.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2024-06-27 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 27, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17021-grain-transportation-report-june-27-2024.md) | -2.3% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2024-01-04 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 4, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16569-grain-transportation-report-january-4-2024.md) | -3.2% | -5.2% |
| SOY | 2024-06-27 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 27, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17021-grain-transportation-report-june-27-2024.md) | +1.2% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2024-07-03 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 4, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16529-grain-transportation-report-july-4-2024.md) | -2.0% | -11.7% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.01-02-2025

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