# US grain transportation demand remains strong in Q4 | Feed & Grain

> USDA's Grain Transportation Report shows strong grain transport demand in Q4 2024, with Class I rail grain carloads up 5% from Q4 2023 and total 2024 originations up 8%. The January WASDE cut 2024/25 corn production to 14.9 billion bushels and soybean production to 4.4 billion bushels.

- Date: 2025-01-28 · published 2025-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16483-us-grain-transportation-demand-remains-strong-in-q4-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower US corn and soybean crop estimates combined with strong disappearance support prices for feed grains and meal, while winter weather adds early-2025 transport risk.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-07-31 | [Grain Transport Demand Strong Despite Fuel Price Swings \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16352-grain-transport-demand-strong-despite-fuel-price-swings-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.1% | +7.1% |
| CORN | 2025-02-27 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 27, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16473-grain-transportation-report-february-27-2025.md) | -5.3% | -1.0% |
| 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 | 2021-12-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, December 30, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16744-grain-transportation-report-december-30-2021.md) | +8.0% | +4.8% |
| CORN | 2020-12-17 | [Grain Transportation Report, December 17, 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49504-grain-transportation-report-december-17-2020.md) | -1.9% | +15.2% |
| SOY | 2019-02-28 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 28, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60480-grain-transportation-report-february-28-2019.md) | -1.5% | -1.8% |
| SOY | 2020-12-17 | [Grain Transportation Report, December 17, 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49504-grain-transportation-report-december-17-2020.md) | +6.3% | +19.7% |
| SOY | 2018-05-03 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 3, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64904-grain-transportation-report-may-3-2018.md) | -2.5% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-supply-chain/transportation/news/15736013/us-grain-transportation-demand-remains-strong-in-q4

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