# Grain Journal | Transportation Impacts of Midwest Flooding

> A Grain Journal article reprints the USDA Grain Transportation Report on flood damage to Midwest transport. Blizzards, excessive rain and snowmelt since mid-March disrupted trucks and railroads, and BNSF and Union Pacific are restoring track with some lines still closed.

- Date: 2019-04-05 · published 2019-04-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59482-grain-journal-transportation-impacts-of-midwest-flooding
- 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

Closed rail corridors and delayed unit trains raise shipping costs and delay deliveries to export terminals, supporting basis and freight rates while limiting near-term grain flow.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-05-16 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 16, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58978-grain-transportation-report-may-16-2019.md) | +4.0% | +9.8% |
| CORN | 2021-06-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 24, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46468-grain-transportation-report-june-24-2021.md) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2022-05-19 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 19, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41438-grain-transportation-report-may-19-2022.md) | -0.6% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2024-08-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, August 1, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28759-grain-transportation-report-august-1-2024.md) | -0.1% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2020-10-22 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 22, 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50702-grain-transportation-report-october-22-2020.md) | +1.6% | +11.5% |
| SOY | 2019-06-27 | [Grain Journal \| 2019 Flooding Challenges Grain Transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58496-grain-journal-2019-flooding-challenges-grain-transportation.md) | -1.0% | -1.3% |
| SOY | 2022-05-19 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 19, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41438-grain-transportation-report-may-19-2022.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2021-06-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 24, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46468-grain-transportation-report-june-24-2021.md) | +1.9% | -11.3% |

## Sources

- grainjournal.com: https://www.grainjournal.com/article/166508/transportation-impacts-of-midwest-flooding

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