Logistics

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.

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

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.

Blue tractor with forage harvester collecting chopped corn silage in agricultural field

Georgia Ports celebrates opening of $134M Gainesville Inland Port

The Norfolk Southern-served rail terminal gives Northeast Georgia shippers, including farm, poultry and forest product exporters, a direct rail link to the Port of Savannah.

Group of business professionals and officials at ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of Norfolk Southern locomotive and cargo containers

CN sets all-time monthly grain record in October

The railway moved 3.54 million metric tons of grain and processed grain products, edging its October 2025 mark as winter operating restrictions loom.

Rail fuel surcharges on grain hit record 76 cents per mile

November's Class I average is 231% above April's level, and federal forecasters expect diesel to ease but stay above $4 a gallon through 2027.

Rural grain elevator facility with railroad tracks and storage silos under clear sky

Canada fast-tracks Vancouver container terminal to 2035

Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is part of a Port of Vancouver strategy that also targets rail capacity and bulk export terminals handling grain and potash.

Aerial view of a busy container port with cargo ships, stacked shipping containers, and loading cranes along multiple piers

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bunge closes purchase of Washington feed processor CWCP

The Richland, Washington, facility gives Bunge rail-served storage and feed processing aimed at Pacific Northwest dairies, feedlots and ranches.

Aid groups deliver first grain storage sleeves in Ukraine's Sumy region

The first 57 sleeves will hold almost 10,000 tonnes as Ukraine faces a storage shortfall of up to 11 million tonnes this fall.

Grain Trade & Export

Gdynia restarts Baltic Grain Terminal under interim operator

GBT will run the terminal through the post-harvest export rush while a long-term lease that calls for renovation and more capacity is finalized.

Grain Trade & Export

Brazil signs 25-year lease for Santana grain terminal

CS Infra will invest R$150.2 million in conveyors, a new shiploader and pier work at a soybean and corn terminal on Brazil's northern export corridor.

Group of officials in hard hats touring a waterfront industrial construction site with equipment and workers visible

Grain Trade & Export

Record diesel costs push grain freight rates higher across all modes

USDA's transportation update shows shippers moving a record soybean crop and near-record corn crop at higher rail, barge and ocean rates.

Rural grain elevator facility with metal storage silos and concrete tower structure

Federal grants boost grain rail network

$2.3 billion program funds track upgrades across farm country to move crops faster and safer.

Close-up view of railroad tracks with wooden ties and metal rails converging toward the horizon

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