# Grain Transportation Report, February 27, 2020

> USDA's Grain Transportation Report says U.S. grain stocks were a record 5.8 billion bushels on September 1, 2019, and fall harvest deliveries were 8% below the prior year. Stocks fell to 16.9 bbu by December 1 and high river water persisted.

- Date: 2020-02-27 · published 2020-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54491-grain-transportation-report-february-27-2020
- 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

Weak grain movement demand from December onward and a barge surplus point to soft freight demand, which can pressure barge rates even as transport needs could rise in the 2020/21 marketing year.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-02-23 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 23, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16647-grain-transportation-report-february-23-2023.md) | -3.8% | -4.8% |
| CORN | 2025-01-23 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 23, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16476-grain-transportation-report-january-23-2025.md) | +1.4% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2024-06-20 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 20, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16537-grain-transportation-report-june-20-2024.md) | -6.0% | -9.5% |
| CORN | 2025-05-08 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 8, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16941-grain-transportation-report-may-8-2025.md) | -0.6% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2022-05-05 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 5, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41399-grain-transportation-report-may-5-2022.md) | +6.2% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2023-02-23 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 23, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16647-grain-transportation-report-february-23-2023.md) | -2.3% | -5.9% |
| SOY | 2025-01-23 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 23, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16476-grain-transportation-report-january-23-2025.md) | +0.4% | -1.0% |
| SOY | 2024-06-20 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 20, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16537-grain-transportation-report-june-20-2024.md) | -1.0% | -6.4% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.02-27-2020

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