# Railways Keep U.S. Grains Chugging Down The Track To Export Market - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council

> Rail remains operating normally during COVID-19, keeping US corn and sorghum moving by southern rail to Mexico, which relies on rail for corn deliveries. Shuttle trains of 75 to 110 covered hopper cars carry grain from origin to Mexico.

- Date: 2020-04-09 · published 2020-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53599-railways-keep-u-s-grains-chugging-down-the-track-to-export-market-u-s-grains
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Uninterrupted rail movement supports steady US corn and sorghum export flows to Mexico, which limits logistics-driven upward pressure on prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-03-02 | [Market Perspectives March 2, 2017 - Page 9 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71885-market-perspectives-march-2-2017-page-9-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | -2.8% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2020-03-26 | [Market Perspectives – March 26, 2020 - Page 9 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54041-market-perspectives-march-26-2020-page-9-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts.md) | +3.9% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2024-04-25 | [Market Perspectives - April 25, 2024 - Page 6 of 9 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30623-market-perspectives-april-25-2024-page-6-of-9-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | +0.7% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 2022-07-21 | [Market Perspectives – July 21, 2022 - Page 9 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40678-market-perspectives-july-21-2022-page-9-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | -5.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2024-10-17 | [Market Perspectives - October 17, 2024 - Page 6 of 7 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16993-market-perspectives-october-17-2024-page-6-of-7-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts.md) | +2.1% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/railways-keep-u-s-grains-chugging-down-the-track-to-export-market/

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