# Evolving grain markets, supply chain affect transportation system | Center for Transportation Studies

> University of Minnesota researchers are studying how ethanol growth and livestock expansion are changing grain freight in the state. Corn is increasingly staying in Minnesota, with trucking moving grain to local elevators, feedlots and ethanol plants.

- Date: 2017-12-10 · published 2017-12-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67378-evolving-grain-markets-supply-chain-affect-transportation-system-center-for
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Growing in-state corn demand from ethanol and livestock reduces the volume leaving for export, which can support local corn basis while altering freight patterns.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-08-20 | [Ukrzaliznytsia Imposes New Restrictions On Grain Transportation » The Center for Transport Strategies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57460-ukrzaliznytsia-imposes-new-restrictions-on-grain-transportation-the-center-for.md) | +1.3% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2020-04-07 | [Transportation bottlenecks snarl inputs to food supply chains \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53536-transportation-bottlenecks-snarl-inputs-to-food-supply-chains-supply-chain-dive.md) | -4.0% | -6.5% |
| CORN | 2019-06-27 | [Grain Journal \| 2019 Flooding Challenges Grain Transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58496-grain-journal-2019-flooding-challenges-grain-transportation.md) | -2.5% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2024-12-19 | [US grain exports are boosting demand for barge and rail transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27130-us-grain-exports-are-boosting-demand-for-barge-and-rail-transportation.md) | +2.0% | +7.4% |
| CORN | 2024-05-30 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 30, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16541-grain-transportation-report-may-30-2024.md) | -4.0% | -5.1% |

## Sources

- cts.umn.edu: https://www.cts.umn.edu/news-pubs/news/2017/december/grain

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