# USDA Report On Barging And Agriculture - The Waterways Journal

> USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service released a report titled "A Reliable Waterway System Is Important to Agriculture." It projects U.S. agriculture will contribute $10.5 billion to the trade balance in fiscal 2022 and that 22 percent of U.S. grain output will be exported in marketing year 2021/22. The Mississippi River, Texas Gulf and East Gulf ports handled 57 percent of grain exports in 2020.

- Date: 2022-02-19 · published 2022-02-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16727-usda-report-on-barging-and-agriculture-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The report reinforces the role of inland waterways in export logistics but contains no new supply or demand shock, so its direct price effect is small.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-02-27 | [USDA releases new report on barging and agriculture - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16731-usda-releases-new-report-on-barging-and-agriculture-high-plains-journal.md) | +10.4% | +14.4% |
| CORN | 2026-07-10 | [USDA Releases July 2026 WASDE Report \| Agriculture of America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18281-usda-releases-july-2026-wasde-report-agriculture-of-america.md) | +2.1% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2025-07-11 | [USDA Releases July 2025 WASDE Report \| Agriculture of America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23709-usda-releases-july-2025-wasde-report-agriculture-of-america.md) | -0.7% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2021-04-01 | [Agriculture ETFs Surge Following a Surprise USDA Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47553-agriculture-etfs-surge-following-a-surprise-usda-report.md) | +0.1% | +17.6% |
| CORN | 2022-10-27 | [Grain Journal \| USDA Grain Transportation Report 1 (10/27): Barge…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16672-grain-journal-usda-grain-transportation-report-1-10-27-barge.md) | -2.0% | -2.6% |
| SOY | 2022-02-27 | [USDA releases new report on barging and agriculture - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16731-usda-releases-new-report-on-barging-and-agriculture-high-plains-journal.md) | +5.4% | +7.5% |
| SOY | 2024-01-13 | [Grain Journal \| USDA January World Agricultural Production Report:…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13594-grain-journal-usda-january-world-agricultural-production-report.md) | +1.5% | -1.1% |
| SOY | 2025-07-11 | [USDA Releases July 2025 WASDE Report \| Agriculture of America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23709-usda-releases-july-2025-wasde-report-agriculture-of-america.md) | +0.9% | -4.0% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2022/02/19/usda-report-on-barging-and-agriculture/

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