soybeans

Soybeans and retail goods fueled a 33% bump in container volume at Inland Port Dillon in 2025. 

China’s move to cut U.S. soybean purchases in favor of South America could trigger widespread job losses and strain supply chains.

The world needs American energy and fuel — badly. And the barges carrying those goods can’t get through fast enough.

The soybean associations say helping offset construction costs of AG Procressing’s terminal expansion at the Port of Grays Harbor will help soybean exporters in the long run.

A year and a half after COVID emerged in Wuhan, China’s exporters, liners, shipyards and container factories are all booming.

Farmers in Texas and Louisiana have suffered at least $600 million in damage due to spring and winter storms.

Vessels get the green light after a portion of the Mississippi River near Memphis was closed to traffic for a few days. Inspectors found damage to the bridge above it.

Cargill’s announcement last week that it is making a nearly half-billion dollar investment in soybeans caught my attention because it suggests that one of the world’s largest food producers believes that soybeans are poised for sustainable growth and the recent price appreciation and surge in production are not just the result of transient trends. It’s […]

Changes in export volumes for certain types of wheat may be reflected in changes in freight flows, according to reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Droughts and geopolitical tensions are driving up cotton, corn, and soybean prices and in turn impacting supply chain costs.

U.S. House lawmakers’ Climate Crisis Action Plan calls for 100% EV truck sales by 2040.

Nearly 1 billion bushels of corn and soybeans were wiped out. “It can take a chunk of truck loads away that would normally move.”

The global pandemic has strained relations between the U.S. and China. Will that cause the trade deal negotiated earlier this year to break down?

“The weather has not been kind to farmers this year. It’s been blow after blow after blow.” Downward pressure on prices hurting growers.

How tariffs played a role in Amazon deforestation.

Competition from other grain-producing countries weigh on U.S. grain exports – and on U.S. rail volumes for grain.

Chinese tariffs are impacting American agriculture. But declines in exports to other countries are also hurting American agriculture.

Late harvests, unplanted seeds add up to higher shipping volumes

Jim Blaze writes about the movement of grain by rail. This is a huge business for U.S. and Canadian railroads, and is also critical to the export market of the two countries.