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Spring Forward: What's On The Horizon For The Barge Market?

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Spring Forward: What's On The Horizon For The Barge Market?

March 21, 2025

Ken Eriksen Temperatures are warming up, daffodils are blooming, farmers are wanting to plant crops, river levels have been surging and falling and barge freight rates are stagnant. Spring… Read More

Horizons: New Crop Marketing Year, New Grain Export Potential Horizons Image

Horizons: New Crop Marketing Year, New Grain Export Potential

September 27, 2024

Ken Eriksen Food and farm products (such as grain and soybeans) are move by barge in substantial volumes on the inland rivers. In 2022 (the last year available for… Read More

Ocean, Barge Rates Affected By Ukraine Invasion

March 25, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting disruption to oil and grain markets have raised ocean shipping rates and rates for barged grains. Over the past two weeks, ocean vessel… Read More