Food production trends to shape future of grain handling

How consumer demand for increased transparency and sustainability will shape the next era of grain supply chain management.

Elise Schafer

April 3, 2023

Photo courtesy of USDA

Photo courtesy of USDA

The next 10 years will bring a wave of change to the U.S. grain handling industry as global food demand rises and the ability to produce crops along with it.

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Feed Mill Biosecurity Audit App From Anitox

Feed mill biosecurity audit app now available

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Grain Supply Chain

How grain moves throughout the US [Infographic]

The U.S. produces a staggering amount of grain. Here's a look at how the grain supply chain keeps it moving in the U.S.

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Brand Insights

Properly identifying applications for solids weigh feeders

Eastern Instruments

The CentriFeeder line of feeders provides accurate, real-time flow measurement, as well as near perfect control of flow rate and total.

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Logistics

Barge loads reduced as low water impacts Mississippi routes

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to dredge various portions of the river route as harvest season arrives.

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Logistics

Organic mill to be served by new rail spur

Revive Milling in Sandersville, Georgia, will be connected to the CSX rail line via the 4.5-mile-long Hanson Spur.

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Logistics

Barge rates swell as Mississippi water levels drop

Drought has again lowered the river, increasing barge rates 42% this year, 85% over the three-year average.

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Grain Trade & Export

Brazil to unseat US as top corn exporter

Improved logistics and a new supply deal with China are expected to shift the country's corn exports above the U.S.

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Transportation

CN Grain Plan builds on operational improvements

New initiatives for 2023-24 include 750 new high-efficiency grain hopper cars and a new precision dispatch system.

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Grain Trade & Export

Grain elevators, port damaged after Russian attack

Since leaving the grain deal in mid-July, Russia has destroyed 180,000 tonnes of grain crops and 26 port infrastructure facilities.

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Grain Trade & Export

Ukraine may use Croatian ports for grain exports

After talks on Monday, the two sides look at ports on the Danube River and the Adriatic Sea to move Ukrainian grain.

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Grain Trade & Export

CHS CEO: Geopolitical events have shifted grain trade

Jay Debertin说世界events have dramatically changed trade flows and the global agriculture market finds itself caught in the middle.

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Grain Supply Chain

USDA: Grain barge delays from Mississippi flooding

Locks and dams in the Upper Mississippi River are expected to stay closed for the next three weeks.

Grain Supply Chain

Black Sea grain shipments blocked by Russia

Black Sea Grain Initiative under threat of shutdown as Russia halts inspections in Turkish waters.

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Transportation

Slight rail performance gains still fall short for grain

Grain shippers saw slight service improvements this year, but fully restoring rail’s reliability will take regulatory reforms and infrastructure investment across all transportation modes.

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