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A St. Louis Regional Freightway analysis shows large shifts in commodities moving through the St. Louis freight network in recent years, including iron ore, steel, soybeans and plastics. The biggest change followed the 2014-2015 slowdown and idling of U.S. Steel's Granite City, Illinois plant, which cut inbound iron ore flows.
Regional logistics leaders adapted the network to accommodate the shifts.
The story describes freight infrastructure adjustments rather than a new supply or demand shock, so it has little direct effect on feed grain or protein prices. It is background on how the St. Louis hub has handled flows, including soybeans.
sdcexec.comApr 10, 2019Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
