# Grain Transportation Report, July 2, 2020

> The USDA's July 2 Grain Transportation Report examines how scheduled summer rehabilitation of Illinois River facilities is shifting barge routes, modes and freight rates. The Illinois carries over 6.5 million metric tons of downbound grain, about 22% of barged grain through the Mississippi locking system. Average diesel rose 0.5 cents to $2.43 per gallon.

- Date: 2020-07-02 · published 2020-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52011-grain-transportation-report-july-2-2020
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Planned outages on a key grain artery can shift volumes to costlier routes, pushing up barge freight and affecting prices paid and received across the Midwest.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.07-02-2020

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