# Grain Transportation Report, February 21, 2019

> USDA's Grain Transportation Report notes that U.S. grain stocks were at record levels near the end of 2018, with soybean and wheat stocks up 18% and 7% and corn stocks down 5% from 2017. Fall grain disappearance was 6.4 billion bushels, down 1% year on year.

- Date: 2019-02-21 · published 2019-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60482-grain-transportation-report-february-21-2019
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy stocks, especially of soybeans and wheat, keep supplies ample and cap price upside, while the lower corn stocks offer some support.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARGE: neutral
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-02-02 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 2, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16648-grain-transportation-report-february-2-2023.md) | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| SOY | 2024-02-29 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 29, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16567-grain-transportation-report-february-29-2024.md) | +0.6% | +5.2% |
| SOY | 2024-02-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 1, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31832-grain-transportation-report-february-1-2024.md) | -2.7% | -7.7% |
| SOY | 2019-07-11 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 11, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58280-grain-transportation-report-july-11-2019.md) | -1.2% | -5.0% |
| SOY | 2020-05-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 21, 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53011-grain-transportation-report-may-21-2020.md) | +0.0% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-04-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 21, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16719-grain-transportation-report-april-21-2022.md) | +8.3% | +12.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, March 21, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16559-grain-transportation-report-march-21-2024.md) | +0.9% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-31 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 31, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56478-grain-transportation-report-october-31-2019.md) | -0.1% | +7.3% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.02-21-2019

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