This table derives from the grain price spreads data. It includes the latest week of data, as well as averages and standard deviations of price spreads over the past year for each commodity, origin, and destination combination. An indicator is calculated as a ratio, where the numerator is the difference between this week's price spread and the associated average price spread, and the denominator is the associated standard deviation.

This data set contains current national and regional truck use indices which compare use in the current quarter to the same quarter last year. Current truck use is ranked on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest use and 5 being the highest use compared to same quarter last year.

This query joins the grain inspections data and a map of world country boundaries. Grain inspections are summed by destination country using only the latest week of data.

Monthly movements of U.S. waterborne containerized grain exports.

The following Harmonized Tariff Codes are used to calculate containerized grains movements: '1001', '100190', '1002', '100200', '1003', '100300', '1004', '100400', '1005', '100590', '1007', '100700', '110100', '1102', '110220', '110290', '1201', '120100', '120190', '120810', '230210', '230310', '230330', '2304', and '230990'.

The truck availability index tracks the trends in perceived ease of hiring a truck in the current quarter, compared to the same quarter last year as reported by grain elevators. An index of 1 indicates truck hiring is very easy compared to the same quarter last year while an index of 5 indicates truck hiring is very difficult compared to the same quarter last year.

The data shows grain prices at select inland origin points and export destination ports and the price spread between them. More specifically, this dataset compares interior prices of corn in Illinois and Nebraska with the Gulf; Iowa and Gulf soybean prices; Kansas and Gulf hard red winter wheat; and North Dakota and Portland hard red spring wheat.

This chart shows historical grain train speeds, averaged by month, to provide a sense of long-term trends. Use the filters to select different date ranges, commodities, or railroads.

This data is reported by USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). USDA's Export Sales Reporting Program monitors U.S. agricultural export sales on a daily and weekly basis. Export sales reporting provides a constant stream of up-to-date market information for 40 U.S. agricultural commodities sold abroad. A single statistic reveals the significance of the program: in a typical year, the program monitors more than 40 percent of total U.S. agricultural exports. The program also serves as an early alert on the possible impact foreign sales have on U.S. supplies and prices. The weekly U.S. Export Sales report is the most current available source of U.S. export sales data. The data is used to analyze the overall level of export demand, determine where markets exist, and assess the relative position of U.S. commodities in foreign markets.

The date field in export sales is weekly, based on the calendar year. However, the dataset also keeps track of marketing year export sales. Be cautious when aggregating the export sales data over the date variable to properly account for these factors.

The turn of the marketing year often falls on a different day of the week then the weekly calendar year reporting. In this case, FAS adds an additional row (two total) to the dataset for that calendar week. One row represents that week's values which fell in the previous marketing year, while the other row captures that week's values which fell in the new marketing year. The "Marketing Year Start or End" variable labels these rows as "ENDING MY" and "STARTING MY", respectively, and is otherwise empty.

This creates a double counting issue when aggregating some of the variables by calendar week. See our view, https://agtransport.usda.gov/d/885i-uek7, for an example of avoiding double counting to show total outstanding sales over time.

This chart shows the national and regional quarterly grain truck rates for short haul (25 miles) and long haul (100 and 200 miles). Use the filters on the right to choose a specific date, year, quarter, distance or region.

This chart shows truck use indices which represent national and regional truck use. Use the filters on the right to choose a specific region, quarter, date or year.