Grain, Feed, and Seed Resources

• Grain Transportation Report (Weekly)

• Rate and Volume Barge Data

• 11-2017: Analysis of Grain Basis Behavior during Transportation Disruptions (Summary) (pdf)
• 11-2014: Wheat Transportation Profile (pdf)

• 10-2014: Soybean Transportation Profile (pdf)

• 08-2014: Corn Transportation Profile (pdf)

• Guide for Security Practices in Transporting Agricultural and Food Commodities (pdf)

• Transportation of U.S. Grains: A Modal Share Analysis

• U.S. Containerized Grain and Oilseed Export—Industry Profile Phase I (pdf)

• U.S. Containerized Grain and Oilseed Export—Industry Profile Phase II (pdf)

• Identity-Preserved Grain—Logistical Overview (pdf)

• “The Western Rail Crisis: One Year Later” Agricultural Outlook, December 1998 (pdf)

• The Importance of Short Line Railroads to Rural and Agricultural America (pdf)

• The Differential Effects of Rail Rate Deregulation: U.S. Corn, Wheat, and Soybean Markets (pdf)

• USDA ERS/FAS: Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade

• USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (pdf)

• USDA ERS: Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States

Hard Copy Only Publications

• Ocean Freight Rates for International Grain Shipments (quarterly) 

• International Grain Shipments: Recent Ocean Freight Rate Trends (1995)

• Corn Transportation in China (1995)