# NMPF Helps Keep Trains (and Boats) Running - NMPF

> The National Milk Producers Federation said it pressed Congress for intervention to avert a rail strike that could have begun December 9, 2022. Congress passed legislation implementing the tentative agreement and President Biden signed it on December 2. NMPF and USDEC also commented on FMC rules on ocean shipping detention and demurrage charges.

- Date: 2023-01-05 · published 2023-01-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37807-nmpf-helps-keep-trains-and-boats-running-nmpf
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Averting a rail shutdown protects feed deliveries to dairy operations and finished-product movement, reducing the risk of feed supply disruption; the event is already resolved.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-10-03 | [Sensors and Systems Keep Mississippi River Traffic Flowing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62417-sensors-and-systems-keep-mississippi-river-traffic-flowing.md) | -1.7% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2020-04-09 | [Railways Keep U.S. Grains Chugging Down The Track To Export Market - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53599-railways-keep-u-s-grains-chugging-down-the-track-to-export-market-u-s-grains.md) | -5.5% | -6.4% |
| CORN | 2019-06-17 | [Flooding Keeps Chokehold on Barge Traffic, Stalling Grain Shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58499-flooding-keeps-chokehold-on-barge-traffic-stalling-grain-shipments.md) | -0.8% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2026-10-27 | [Grains fundamentals: Baltic exports and El Niño risk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14074-grains-fundamentals-baltic-exports-and-el-nino-risk.md) | +0.0% | — |
| CORN | 2024-05-09 | [Rain affecting ag transportation - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16542-rain-affecting-ag-transportation-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.7% | +0.5% |
| SOY | 2018-10-03 | [Sensors and Systems Keep Mississippi River Traffic Flowing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62417-sensors-and-systems-keep-mississippi-river-traffic-flowing.md) | -0.3% | -3.8% |
| SOY | 2019-06-17 | [Flooding Keeps Chokehold on Barge Traffic, Stalling Grain Shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58499-flooding-keeps-chokehold-on-barge-traffic-stalling-grain-shipments.md) | +0.7% | +0.6% |
| SOY | 2026-10-27 | [Grains fundamentals: Baltic exports and El Niño risk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14074-grains-fundamentals-baltic-exports-and-el-nino-risk.md) | +0.5% | — |

## Sources

- nmpf.org: https://www.nmpf.org/nmpf-helps-keep-trains-and-boats-running/

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