Agricultural Marketing Service - Agricultural Transportation

The Transportation Services Division (TSD) serves as the expert source for economic analysis on agricultural transportation from farm to markets. As part of USDA, we inform, represent, and assist agricultural shippers and government policymakers through: market reports, regulatory representation, economic analysis, transportation disruption reports, technical assistance, outreach to stakeholders, responding to inquiries.

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Mexico Transport Cost Indicator Report

The newly released 2nd Quarter Mexico Transport Cost Indicator Report looks more in depth at the specific cost components of transporting grain from the U.S. to Mexico. In addition, it covers cross-border livestock movements and the effect of protected agriculture on fruit and vegetable shipments. The Mexico Transport Cost Indicator Report is a quarterly publication that provides a snapshot of the agricultural transportation traffic between the U.S. and Mexico. It includes information about grain, soybeans, livestock, fruit, vegetables, and container shipments. Learn more.

U.S. Grain Transportation

Find analysis and information about market developments affecting rail, barge, truck, and ocean vessel movements of grain in these reports.

Grain Transportation Report (GTR)

Transportation of Other Agricultural Products

Find insights into transportation of other agricultural products and information about the many agricultural products that require special handling and services during transit.

International Transportation Analysis

Find analysis of international transportation, including the latest transportation costs, volumes, and other market developments in Brazil and Mexico; and other related reports.

Agricultural Transportation Research and Information Center

Find useful information and analysis on the transportation of agricultural products and the four major modes– trucking, railroads, barges, and ocean vessels– used to move food from farms to our tables and to ports for export to foreign markets. Find results of on-going research and analysis presented in issue papers and presentations, as well as additional resources available by mode and commodity.

Regulatory Representation

Find comments provided to various regulatory agencies by USDA and AMS, representing the interests of agricultural shippers under the authority of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, and International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act of 1982.

Data

Find datasets that are used in producing many of the Transportation Services Division’s publications. These datasets are now available in Excel format for the transportation of grain, biofuels, and other agricultural products.