# Grain Transportation Report, July 18, 2024

> The USDA Grain Transportation Report says the Canadian Industrial Relations Board is expected to decide by August 9 whether rail service must continue during a possible strike at CPKC and CN. Several Upper Mississippi locks have reopened after flooding from early July record rainfall.

- Date: 2024-07-18 · published 2024-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16525-grain-transportation-report-july-18-2024
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

A Canadian rail strike would disrupt US ethanol, soymeal, DDGS and corn exports, which are heavily rail-dependent, and could pressure US feed ingredient prices while lock reopenings ease river logistics.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2022-01-20 | [DDGS Weekly Market Report – January 20, 2022 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7371-ddgs-weekly-market-report-january-20-2022-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | +0.2% | +11.1% |
| SBM | 2019-08-01 | [DDGS Weekly Market Report – August 1, 2019 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57686-ddgs-weekly-market-report-august-1-2019-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | -1.7% | -1.4% |
| SBM | 2021-01-08 | [Argentine port strike with port-side grain inspectors ends \| 2021-01-08  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49136-argentine-port-strike-with-port-side-grain-inspectors-ends-2021-01-08-world.md) | +5.6% | +1.0% |
| SBM | 2020-12-28 | [Argentina Calls Meeting to End Grains Port Strike \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49667-argentina-calls-meeting-to-end-grains-port-strike-feed-and-grain.md) | +2.9% | +4.6% |
| SBM | 2022-06-30 | [Argentina trucker strike ends, boosting grains exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14029-argentina-trucker-strike-ends-boosting-grains-exports.md) | -0.8% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2023-06-29 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 27, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16617-grain-transportation-report-july-27-2023.md) | -2.5% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2024-10-17 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 17, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16503-grain-transportation-report-october-17-2024.md) | +2.1% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2024-08-08 | [Grain Transportation Report, August 8, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16521-grain-transportation-report-august-8-2024.md) | -0.2% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.07-18-2024

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