# Grain Transportation Report a Weekly Publication of the Agricultural Marketing Service Contact Us October 11, 2018 WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS - DocsLib

> USDA's weekly Grain Transportation Report says flooding closed six locks on the Upper Mississippi River as of October 10, halting export-bound barge shipments from points north of Lock 22 near Hannibal, MO. Water levels at Lock 22 are not expected to return to navigable levels until October 23. Union Pacific and BNSF also issued grain embargoes at the Texas-Mexico border due to rail congestion.

- Date: 2018-10-11 · published 2018-10-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62418-grain-transportation-report-a-weekly-publication-of-the-agricultural-marketing
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Stalled barge traffic on the Upper Mississippi backs up Midwest grain and raises freight costs, which tends to weaken basis in origin markets and firm Gulf cash bids. The rail embargo adds to the export logistics bottleneck.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-10-19 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 19, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16592-grain-transportation-report-october-19-2023.md) | -1.7% | +5.6% |
| SOY | 2024-10-24 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 24, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16498-grain-transportation-report-october-24-2024.md) | -2.1% | -0.7% |
| SOY | 2018-04-12 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 12, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65379-grain-transportation-report-april-12-2018.md) | -0.6% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2024-09-12 | [Grain Transportation Report, September 12, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16506-grain-transportation-report-september-12-2024.md) | +3.5% | +4.1% |
| SOY | 2018-02-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 1, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66382-grain-transportation-report-february-1-2018.md) | -1.3% | +6.2% |
| CORN | 2023-10-19 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 19, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16592-grain-transportation-report-october-19-2023.md) | +1.0% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2024-10-17 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 17, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16503-grain-transportation-report-october-17-2024.md) | +2.1% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2024-10-24 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 24, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16498-grain-transportation-report-october-24-2024.md) | -1.3% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- docslib.org: https://docslib.org/doc/4994865/grain-transportation-report-a-weekly-publication-of-the-agricultural-marketing-service-contact-us-october-11-2018-weekly-highlights

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