(Source: Freight Waves, May 3, 2019)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The uncertainty over whether and when the U.S. and China will reach a trade agreement this year is creating a cloudy outlook for grain volumes this fall. So far this year, U.S. grain shipments via rail are lower than the same period in 2018. Year-to-date U.S. carloads carrying grain are down 4.5 percent to 370,786 carloads for the week ended April 27.
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