# Freight costs limit relief from lower grain prices, Commo18 says | Miller Magazine

> Commo18 says the October 9 USDA report's bearish corn surprise, with yield at 181.2 bu/acre and ending stocks near 1.85 billion bushels, lowered Chicago prices but not delivered prices at North African and Middle Eastern ports. Handysize freight from Argentina to the Mediterranean rose from the mid-$50s to the low-$70s per tonne.

- Date: 2026-10-13 · published 2026-10-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17248-freight-costs-limit-relief-from-lower-grain-prices-commo18-says-miller-magazine
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Freight costs are offsetting origin futures declines for importers, so buyers in the Mediterranean and Middle East see limited relief and elevated delivered prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-10-04 | [River Freight Cost Pressuring Grain Prices \| 680 KFEQ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68667-river-freight-cost-pressuring-grain-prices-680-kfeq.md) | -0.4% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2025-09-25 | [Restrictions, Freight Costs Pressure Grain Movement on the Mississippi River - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16424-restrictions-freight-costs-pressure-grain-movement-on-the-mississippi-river-rfd.md) | -2.5% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2025-08-12 | [Rising Freight Rates for Grain Shipping from Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14187-rising-freight-rates-for-grain-shipping-from-ukraine.md) | +0.0% | +4.3% |
| CORN | 2026-10-22 | [Rising Ocean Freight Raises Costs for U.S. Grain - RFD-TV](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17245-rising-ocean-freight-raises-costs-for-u-s-grain-rfd-tv.md) | -1.2% | — |
| CORN | 2018-10-31 | [U.S. freight costs continue upward climb \| 2018-10-31  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62425-u-s-freight-costs-continue-upward-climb-2018-10-31-world-grain.md) | +3.5% | -4.6% |

## Sources

- millermagazine.com: https://millermagazine.com/en/blog/freight-costs-limit-relief-from-lower-grain-prices-commo18-says-7071

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