Fertiliser, coal and aggregates compete with grain for the same tows. When this rises into harvest, the barge rate is being bid up by cargo that has nothing to do with the crop.
30 days to 4 Oct 2026 · 138.00 barges to 203.00 barges
This page shows the last 30 days. Non-grain barges through Locks 27 has 163 readings in the warehouse, back to 12 Aug 2023. A plan opens the rest of it, with CSV export and the analyst.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service
Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Agricultural Transportation Open Data Platform, agtransport.usda.gov. Barge movement counts collected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Weekly count of loaded non-grain barges passing southbound through Mississippi Locks 27. Fertiliser, coal, aggregates and chemicals compete with grain for the same tows, so this is the other half of the demand on the same equipment.
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