Grain Supply Chain

CoBank warns aging barge fleet could strain US grain exports

Inland hopper barge retirements are outpacing new builds, pointing to higher freight costs and weaker basis for river-dependent grain shippers.

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Brand Insights

Thermal Performance and Gearbox Selection for Grain Handling Applications

SEW-EURODRIVE, Inc.

SEW-EURODRIVE’s Austin Burdette discusses heat challenges in grain handling gearboxes and how proper thermal management can reduce downtime and extend equipment life.

Thermal Performance and Gearbox Selection for Grain Handling Applications

Drought Monitor shows exceptional drought covering half of Arkansas

Mid-South dryness deepened and drought spread across Illinois and Indiana, even as heavy rain shrank national drought coverage for a second straight week.

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Grain Trade & Export

USDA finds higher freight lifted grain costs to Mexico in third quarter

Low water on the Mississippi, ocean rates and diesel pushed water-route transportation costs up 18% to 24% from the second quarter.

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STB spells out when federal rail law overrides local rules

A nonbinding policy statement requested by NGFA and five other groups offers a new test for local rules aimed at rail-served shipper facilities.

USDA trims corn crop, raises soybean exports in November WASDE

A lower corn yield cuts feed use and exports, while bigger soybean exports pull stocks down to 300 million bushels and wheat stocks rise slightly.

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Grain Trade & Export

Lithuania to lab-test every Russian, Belarusian grain shipment

Starting Nov. 16, food grain moving through Lithuania won't clear customs until tests confirm its origin, a process officials say could take two months or longer at shippers' expense.

Grain Trade & Export

USW pitches US wheat blends to Brazilian millers at Abitrigo

With Brazil's wheat crop forecast to fall 22.5%, U.S. Wheat Associates urged millers to weigh the total value of a flour blend rather than wheat price alone.

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USDA report shows corn harvest slipping further behind average

Iowa's corn harvest sits 17 points behind its five-year pace after a wet week, while soybeans edge ahead and winter wheat ratings improve.

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USDA FAS expects Canadian wheat crop to fall 9.6%

Canada's second-largest wheat crop on record comes with weaker grades, more feed wheat and exports unlikely to match last year's record.

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STB orders Union Pacific to make CEO's video to stakeholders public

The board rejected Union Pacific's appeal, demanded retaliation records and will accept comments from any shipper by the Nov. 18 deadline in the Norfolk Southern merger case.

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Association News

USGBC brings foreign wet millers to Illinois corn processing course

Starch processors from Latin America, the Middle East and Africa studied U.S. corn quality, grain sampling and wet milling technology during University of Illinois workshops.

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Grain Trade & Export

USTR extends suspension of China ship fees two more months

The two-month extension keeps port fees off Chinese-built and Chinese-operated vessels, a cost soybean and bulk grain exporters warned would land on farmers.

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