Barge shipments down the Mississippi river declined to 659k tons in the week ending March 30 from 844k tons the previous week, according to the USDA’s weekly grain transportation report.
- Barge shipments of corn fell 10% from the previous week
- Soybean shipments down 35% w/w
- St. Louis barge rates were $9.62 per short ton, a decline of $0.72 from the previous week