Barge shipments down the Mississippi river declined to 429k tons in the week ending March 2 from 643k tons the previous week, according to the USDA’s weekly grain transportation report.
- Barge shipments of corn fell 38% from the previous week
- Soybean shipments down 33% w/w
- St. Louis barge rates were $10.69 per short ton, a decline of $0.44 from the previous week