# Grain Shipping Starts on The Brownsville Rio Grande International Railway - OmniTRAX

> OmniTRAX's Brownsville Rio Grande International Railway completed the first rail grain shipment to a renovated silo at the Port of Brownsville on April 28. The 109-car corn train will be distributed to processors in Mexico and elsewhere. The facility is operated by West Plains LLC.

- Date: 2017-04-29 · published 2017-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71510-grain-shipping-starts-on-the-brownsville-rio-grande-international-railway
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

This is the same opening of the Brownsville grain facility reported elsewhere, adding modest corn export capacity via rail to Mexico, with limited price impact.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-11-19 | [Grain Shipping Costs Start to Ease](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43961-grain-shipping-costs-start-to-ease.md) | +1.5% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2024-03-25 | [Freight rates for the transportation of grain from Ukrainian ports have increased \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31096-freight-rates-for-the-transportation-of-grain-from-ukrainian-ports-have.md) | -4.9% | -6.9% |
| CORN | 2021-11-12 | [The situation with grain transportation by rail remains tense in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44090-the-situation-with-grain-transportation-by-rail-remains-tense-in-ukraine.md) | -1.1% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2017-04-26 | [West Plains Receives First Unit Train of Grain at Port of Brownsville - Port of Brownsville](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71509-west-plains-receives-first-unit-train-of-grain-at-port-of-brownsville-port-of.md) | +0.3% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2022-10-31 | [Despite Russia's Black Sea Decision, Grain Still Shipping Out of Ukrainian Ports Monday](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14451-despite-russia-s-black-sea-decision-grain-still-shipping-out-of-ukrainian-ports.md) | -2.2% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- omnitrax.com: https://omnitrax.com/grain-shipping-starts-brownsville-rio-grande-international-railway/

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