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Severe winter weather is disrupting U.S. grain transportation, with ice slowing barge traffic on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers and low water levels restricting tow sizes near St. Louis. Record flooding in western Washington temporarily closed BNSF routes serving Puget Sound grain terminals before service resumed.
Slower barge and rail movement raises freight costs and can widen interior basis levels as grain backs up at origin. Shipping constraints during peak export season add upward pressure on barge freight.
rfdtv.comTony St. JamesDec 19, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
