The cost of moving grain to the Pacific Northwest is up ten percent on a year-to-year basis for corn and soybeans. According to the USDA Grain Transportation Report, higher freight rates for trucking, rail and ocean shipping are up. In the second quarter, transportation costs for corn to the PNW accounted for 39 percent of landed costs. For soybeans, that total was 22 percent. That’s up 11 percent from a year ago for corn and up five percent for soybeans.
