# River, rail & road

> A feature on multimodal grain logistics describes how Missouri grain merchandiser MFA uses truck, rail and barge on the Missouri River to move grain from Brunswick to St. Louis. It explains that freight costs are the largest changing component of its grain marketing.

- Date: 2018-10-01 · published 2018-10-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62423-river-rail-and-road
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

The article illustrates how freight cost swings affect the spread between farm and export prices, but it reports no new change in rates or capacity.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- todaysfarmermagazine.com: https://www.todaysfarmermagazine.com/mag/1474-river-rail-road

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