North America
17 August 2026
USDA adds ammonia pipeline data to AgTransport
Written by Natalie Noor-Drugan
The US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service on 10 August added anhydrous ammonia pipeline transportation rates to its AgTransport online dashboard. The new dataset covers five origin points in Louisiana, Arkansas and Iowa serving 25 destinations across the Midwest and Great Plains, and will be updated weekly.
“The AgTransport dashboard is a critical tool for producers, shippers and policymakers as they monitor the cost of moving agricultural inputs and outputs,” USDA-AMS said in the release. Users will be able to track anhydrous ammonia freight alongside existing barge, rail and truck datasets, and to compare movements against grain, oilseed and fertilizer shipping benchmarks.
Anhydrous ammonia moves through the US pipeline network primarily during the spring and autumn fertilizer application windows. The addition follows requests from industry groups for greater transparency on nitrogen fertilizer logistics costs.
