More than half of U.S. wheat for export was transported by rail between 2003 and 2019

Combination bar and line chart comparing shares of U.S. wheat for export transported by trucks, barges, and rail between 2003 and 2019.

Recent U.S. rail transportation problems have made it costlier and more difficult to get wheat to ports for export overseas or to neighboring trade partners such as Mexico.


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