# Grain Transportation Report, December 26, 2024

> The USDA weekly Grain Transportation Report notes that Columbia-Snake River locks will close March 8 to 29, 2025 for maintenance. Through November, 2.9 million tons of wheat had moved through McNary Lock, 80 percent of the system's total. Mar-Jac Poultry also plans a $25 million transload facility in Mississippi.

- Date: 2024-12-26 · published 2024-12-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16490-grain-transportation-report-december-26-2024
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The planned Snake River closure may delay Pacific Northwest wheat shipments in spring 2025, supporting PNW wheat basis and export timing.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-04 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 4, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16569-grain-transportation-report-january-4-2024.md) | -1.7% | -1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 21, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16695-grain-transportation-report-july-21-2022.md) | -11.0% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-14 | [Grain off the rails: Transportation update \| paNOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16949-grain-off-the-rails-transportation-update-panow.md) | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-12-19 | [US grain exports are boosting demand for barge and rail transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27130-us-grain-exports-are-boosting-demand-for-barge-and-rail-transportation.md) | +1.7% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-12 | [The situation with grain transportation by rail remains tense in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44090-the-situation-with-grain-transportation-by-rail-remains-tense-in-ukraine.md) | +0.7% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.12-26-2024

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