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This article is reprinted from the USDA's October 2 Grain Transportation Report.

For the second week in a row, barge operators report increased barge movements on the Lower Mississippi River as favorable weather allowed a rain-delayed corn harvest to continue in the southern States.

In Arkansas, corn farmers took advantage of another dry week to harvest an additional 19 percent of the corn crop but were 2 weeks behind last year and the 5-year average.

The Arkansas corn harvest is 75 percent completed, compared to 96 percent for the 5-year average.

This week, barge rates for areas south of Memphis were 853 percent of tariff, or $29.94 per ton from Osceola, AR, to New Orleans, a slight drop from last week’s 2008 weekly high of 860 percent of tariff.

For more information, call Surajudeen (Deen) Olowolayemo, USDA, at 202-690-1328.

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• USDA Grain Transportation Report

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