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Downbound Barge Grain Movements (Tons)
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2024-05-23T16:30:42.000ZThe Mississippi River (north of St. Louis, MO) and its tributaries (e.g., the Arkansas River, Illinois River, Ohio River, etc.) make use of a series of locks and dams to bring traffic up and down the waterways. Grain generally flows south from the relatively production-rich areas of the Midwest to export ports in Louisiana and feed markets in the southeast. This dataset provides weekly information on the amount (in tons), location, and commodity of barged grain transiting the following three major points: (1) the last lock on the Mississippi, Mississippi Locks 27 (called "Miss Locks 27" in the dataset), which captures downbound traffic from the Upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers; (2) the last lock on the Ohio River, Olmsted Locks and Dam (called "Ohio Olmstead" in the dataset), which captures any downbound traffic on the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers; and (3) the last lock on the Arkansas River, Arkansas River Lock and Dam 1 (called "Ark Lock 1" in the dataset). Ohio Olmsted locks replaced Ohio Locks 52 beginning in November 2018. Commodities include "corn," "soybeans," "wheat," and "other" (oats, barley, sorghum, and rye). Combined, these three locks give a sense of barge grain traffic (by commodity) on the Mississippi--since grain shipments heading south from the Upper Mississippi River, Illinois River, Ohio River, and Arkansas River are captured. Note, however, that this data does not include all grain barge movements on the Mississippi Rover System, as some grain originates on the Mississippi below the locking portion (south of St. Louis, MO). Grain traffic originating below Lock 27 on the Mississippi is about 10 to 30 percent of total downbound grain shipments, which varies year to year. A similar dataset, "Upbound and Downbound Loaded and Empty Barge Movements (Count)," contains information on the count of grain barges moving down the locking system (https://agtransport.usda.gov/d/w6ip-grsn) versus this dataset that shows tonnages. Data is collected weekly from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lock Performance Monitoring System.
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Grain Transportation Cost Indicators
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2024-05-23T16:30:32.000ZThis data shows the weekly cost indices of transporting grain by each mode: truck, rail, barge, and ocean-going vessels. The base of each index (set to 100) is the average of monthly costs in the year 2000. For truck, the base rate is $1.49 per gallon. For unit train, the base rate is $1,815.15 per railcar, including the tariff and fuel surcharges (weekly changes reflect the month tariff rate plus fuel surcharge, and weekly secondary railcar market bids). For shuttle train, the base rate is $2,338.28 per railcar, including the tariff and fuel surcharges (weekly changes reflect the month tariff rate plus fuel surcharge, and weekly secondary railcar market bids). For barge, the base rate is 180 and is based on Illinois River barge rates (see Downbound Grain Barge Rates dataset for more information). For the Gulf-to-Japan ocean route, the base rate is $22.36/metric ton. For the Pacific Northwest-to-Japan ocean route, the base rate is $14.10/metric ton.
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Ohio River Monthly Fertilizer Movements by Locks
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2024-05-02T17:10:47.000ZThis chart shows Ohio River monthly fertilizer movements by locks. Lock 42 data is available from February 2021. Use filters to change date range, direction of traffic, lock, or to specify the year and month.
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Ohio River Monthly Grain Barge Movements by Locks
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2024-05-02T17:10:47.000ZThis chart shows Ohio River monthly grain barge movement by commodity. Lock 42 data is available from February 2021. Use filters to select commodity, lock, direction of traffic, date range, or to specify the year and month.
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Ohio River Monthly Grain Barge Movements by Commodity
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2024-05-02T17:10:47.000ZThis chart shows Ohio River monthly grain barge movement by locks. Lock 42 data is available from February 2021. Use filters to select commodity, lock, direction of traffic, date range, or to specify the year and month.
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Ohio River Monthly Empty Barges
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2024-05-02T17:10:47.000ZThis chart shows Ohio River monthly empty barge movements. Lock 42 data is available from February 2021. Use filters to change date range, direction of traffic, lock, or to specify the year and month.
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Idle Container Vessel Fleet
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2022-04-13T19:20:58.000ZThis dataset provides the monthly percentage of the global container vessel fleet that is idle. Ocean carriers remove and reinstate vessels from service as demand rises and falls throughout the year.
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Export Sales
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2024-05-23T18:26:22.000ZThis data is reported by USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). USDA's Export Sales Reporting Program monitors U.S. agricultural export sales on a daily and weekly basis. Export sales reporting provides a constant stream of up-to-date market information for 40 U.S. agricultural commodities sold abroad. A single statistic reveals the significance of the program: in a typical year, the program monitors more than 40 percent of total U.S. agricultural exports. The program also serves as an early alert on the possible impact foreign sales have on U.S. supplies and prices. The weekly U.S. Export Sales report is the most current available source of U.S. export sales data. The data is used to analyze the overall level of export demand, determine where markets exist, and assess the relative position of U.S. commodities in foreign markets. The date field in export sales is weekly, based on the calendar year. However, the dataset also keeps track of marketing year export sales. Be cautious when aggregating the export sales data over the date variable to properly account for these factors. The turn of the marketing year often falls on a different day of the week then the weekly calendar year reporting. In this case, FAS adds an additional row (two total) to the dataset for that calendar week. One row represents that week's values which fell in the previous marketing year, while the other row captures that week's values which fell in the new marketing year. The "Marketing Year Start or End" variable labels these rows as "ENDING MY" and "STARTING MY", respectively, and is otherwise empty. This creates a double counting issue when aggregating some of the variables by calendar week. See our view, https://agtransport.usda.gov/d/885i-uek7, for an example of avoiding double counting to show total outstanding sales over time.
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Columbia River Monthly Empty Barges
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2024-05-02T17:10:47.000ZThis chart shows Ohio River monthly empty barge movements. Data is available from February 2021. Use filters to change date range, direction of traffic, lock, or to specify the year and month.
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Panamax Bulk Fleet Size and Rates
internal.agtransport.usda.gov | Last Updated 2021-05-12T19:24:40.000ZThis data shows the Panamax vessel fleet size over time and ocean freight rates for shipping a metric ton of grain from the U.S. Gulf and Pacific Northwest to Japan.