The furthest origin from the Gulf and the first to shut for ice. A Twin Cities quote that gaps away from St. Louis is distance and season being priced, not freight demand.
30 days to 4 Oct 2026 · 839.00% of tariff to 903.57% of tariff
This page shows the last 30 days. Twin Cities barge rate has 114 readings in the warehouse, back to 15 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 southbound barge freight rate from the Twin Cities reach of the Upper Mississippi, as a percentage of the 1976 benchmark tariff. The furthest origin from the Gulf, so it carries the most freight cost per bushel and closes first when the river ices.
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