# AMS Announces Upgrades to its Agricultural Transportation Open Data Visualization Platform | Agricultural Marketing Service

> The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service upgraded its Agricultural Transportation Open Data Platform, known as AgTransport 3.0, with new datasets on rail, truck, barge and ocean transport. The update also adds international transport cost data and an online version of a 2021 transportation research compendium.

- Date: 2021-07-13 · published 2021-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45959-ams-announces-upgrades-to-its-agricultural-transportation-open-data
- 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

The upgrade improves public access to freight cost and movement data, which helps buyers time purchases and compare transport costs. It does not itself move prices.

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## Sources

- ams.usda.gov: https://www.ams.usda.gov/content/ams-announces-upgrades-its-agricultural-transportation-open-data-visualization-platform

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