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The Port of Little Rock reported 22 barges with over 33,000 net tons handled in October, with year-to-date barge volume of 308 versus 451 in 2019. Commodities handled included urea, scrap, steel coils and wetcake, and rail storage stood at 235 cars.
Lower barge and tonnage volumes at a Arkansas river port are a minor signal of weaker inland river throughput, with limited direct effect on feed commodity prices.
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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.