# Higher Rail Costs Pressure Oat Shipments into the U.S. - RFD

> BNSF raised oat tariff rates by $100 per car and Canadian carriers by $175 to $260 per car for 2025/26. Rail volumes fell 26% after a 2023 Canadian drought, and processors in Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids and St. Ansgar face higher freight costs.

- Date: 2025-11-24 · published 2025-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22011-higher-rail-costs-pressure-oat-shipments-into-the-u-s-rfd
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher rail costs raise the delivered price of Canadian oats into the US and may suppress volumes into early 2026, tightening feed oat availability.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲
- BARGE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2024-09-24 | [Vancouver grain terminal workers go on strike amid harvest season - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28343-vancouver-grain-terminal-workers-go-on-strike-amid-harvest-season-the-globe-and.md) | +6.4% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- rfdtv.com: https://www.rfdtv.com/higher-rail-costs-pressure-oat-shipments-into-the-u-s

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