# Grain Transportation Report, January 27, 2022

> The USDA Grain Transportation Report discusses barged grain movements on the Mississippi, which fell to a record-low 169,000 tons weekly in mid-September 2021 after Hurricane Ida. Low stocks and barge and labor shortages constrained third-quarter volumes.

- Date: 2022-01-27 · published 2022-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16738-grain-transportation-report-january-27-2022
- 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

Reduced barged grain volumes signal tight logistics and export capacity constraints, which tend to weigh on Gulf basis and support freight rates.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-27 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 27, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39334-grain-transportation-report-october-27-2022.md) | -2.0% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2023-02-02 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 2, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16648-grain-transportation-report-february-2-2023.md) | +1.5% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2023-04-27 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 27, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16635-grain-transportation-report-april-27-2023.md) | -0.9% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2022-04-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 21, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16719-grain-transportation-report-april-21-2022.md) | -1.5% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2024-02-29 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 29, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16567-grain-transportation-report-february-29-2024.md) | +3.7% | +3.8% |
| SOY | 2022-10-27 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 27, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39334-grain-transportation-report-october-27-2022.md) | +4.2% | +3.9% |
| SOY | 2023-02-02 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 2, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16648-grain-transportation-report-february-2-2023.md) | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| SOY | 2022-04-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 21, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16719-grain-transportation-report-april-21-2022.md) | -1.2% | -4.8% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.01-27-2022

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