USGC Year In Review Video

Association looks back at all that's happened in 2019

October 1, 2020

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Aberdeen Carolina & Western wins $19.9M rail grant
The North Carolina short line, which serves Perdue and Mountaire feed operations, will lay about 30 miles of welded rail to handle heavier cars.
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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.
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Philippines raises corn import quota to 500,000 metric tons
An executive order more than doubles low-tariff corn imports to cover a projected 1.42 million-metric-ton shortfall and ease feed costs for hog and poultry producers.
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5V opens shuttle train grain receiver in Texas Panhandle
The Dalhart, Texas, facility gives Five Rivers Cattle Feeding a rail-fed grain source for its regional feedyards in a major US cattle feeding hub.
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Low Mississippi River puts Southern grain basis at risk
Arkansas research shows more than half of a barge rate increase can reach Southern farmers as weaker basis, as ACBL cuts tow sizes 13%.
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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.
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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.
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FRA rail grants steer more than $400M to grain short lines
Twin Cities & Western will buy 200 grain cars, and a North Dakota county will design a new rail-served elevator under the latest CRISI round.
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CoBank warns heavy farmer selling raises elevator liquidity risk
Industry estimates cited by CoBank put margin calls from a $1 rally across corn, soybean and wheat futures at about $9.6 billion for commercial grain firms.
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USW adds HRW spaghetti data to 2026 crop quality report
U.S. Wheat Associates is taking the findings to more than 32 in-person seminars for overseas millers and buyers through early December.
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China buys 2.18 million metric tons of US soybeans in one week
Chinese buyers accounted for more than three-quarters of weekly U.S. soybean sales, while corn sales climbed and wheat sales slipped.
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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.
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