Releases / United States
USDA AMS Grain Transportation Report (weekly barge freight rates and grain barge traffic at locks) release schedule and API
USDA AMS. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Grain Transportation Report (AgTransport); lock data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Licence: public-domain.
Next releases
| Release | UTC | Agency local time |
|---|---|---|
| Grain Transportation Report | 12:00 local (UTC-05:00) | |
| Grain Transportation Report | 12:00 local (UTC-05:00) | |
| Grain Transportation Report | 12:00 local (UTC-05:00) | |
| Grain Transportation Report | 12:00 local (UTC-05:00) | |
| Grain Transportation Report | 12:00 local (UTC-05:00) | |
| Grain Transportation Report | 12:00 local (UTC-05:00) |
From the agency's own calendar, as of 2026-11-13. Reschedules and cancellations are in the API.
How fast it reaches the API
| Release | Measured | Median | Fastest | Slowest | Missed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTR | 2 | 21 s | 21 s | 52 s | 0 |
Time from the agency publishing to the data being on our feed, for releases caught live in the last 30 days. Every release counts, including slow ones and misses.
Get it by API
Series ids: US.BARGE_RATE.ST_LOUIS.NSA.
# pip install econfeed-client
from econfeed_client import Client
ef = Client() # ECONFEED_API_KEY from the environment
for e in ef.calendar(days=90, source="us_ams_gtr"):
print(e.scheduled_at, e.release_name, e.reference_period)
# add as_of= for what was known then
page = ef.observations("US.BARGE_RATE.ST_LOUIS.NSA", start="2024-01")
# pushed seconds after release
for ev in ef.stream(sources=["us_ams_gtr"]):
print(ev.type, ev.data.release_id)REST: GET /v1/calendar?source=us_ams_gtr, GET /v1/series/US.BARGE_RATE.ST_LOUIS.NSA/observations. Webhooks: filter on source us_ams_gtr.