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Competing countries, strong dollar influence US grain exports
Other factors beyond the coronavirus pandemic are weighing on U.S. rail volumes for grain.
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Commentary: Steel rivers of grain continue to flow
Transporting grain is a major source of revenue for the railroads. How will the coronavirus impact the grain market and the railroads?
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Bulkloads.com carrier app adds load alerts, messaging options
Enhancements to the Bulkloads app are designed to improve the communication and speed of finding loads and negotiating rates for bulk carriers.
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Rail
A wet spring delayed the U.S. corn harvest
The U.S. imports corn from Brazil ahead of the harvest season.
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Canadian Pacific smashes grain volume records in 2018-2019
A renewed focus on building western gran network capacity helped Canadian Pacific reach all-time records for grain hauls in the 2018-2019 crop year.
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Weather and Critical Events
Barge traffic on Mississippi slowly recovering
Tonnage of grains, number of grain barges increasing up and down the Mississippi.
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Canadian National sees “record pace” for grain and announces investment in export network
Canadian National announced record western Canadian grain shipments and a C$210 million investment to support exports.
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Canadian Pacific moves record grain volumes in May
The railway moved 15 million metric tonnes of grain for export through Vancouver in May, breaking the record set in May 2017 by 5 percent,…
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Weather and Critical Events
Flooding continues to disrupt barge traffic in U.S.
Locks are closed, tons of grains can't get to ports for export.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture lowers export estimates for corn, wheat
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) lowered its export projections for corn and wheat in the 2018-2019 harvest season amid slumping grain volumes and Midwest…
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