- Data and scripts used to test the hypothesis that spikes in barge rates on the Mississippi River during the 2022, 2023 and 2024 corn and soybean harvest season were not just due to flash droughts at these times, but also higher fuel prices over the same period. The key data used were grain barge spot prices, river level stage, counts of grain barge unloads in New Orleans, LA, USA, and barge fuel costs as represented by the price of No. 2 diesel along the US Gulf Coast. The data were used to develop a dynamic regression model in which the barge spot prices are dependent on ... [Read More]
- Total Size
- 5 files (286 KB)
- Data Citation
- Pratson, L. F. (2025). Data and scripts from: Influence of Flash Droughts and High Fuel Prices on Recent Spikes in Grain Barge Rates on the Mississippi River. Duke Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7924/r4x35282r
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- DOI
- 10.7924/r4x35282r
- Publication Date
- June 16, 2025
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- ark:/87924/r4x35282r
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- Collection Dates
- 2008-01-05 to 2024-12-28
- Location
- St Louis, Missouri, United States
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Mississippi River Delta, , United States
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- Related Materials
- Contact
- Lincoln, Pratson, lincoln.pratson@duke.edu, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3613-3764
- Title
- Data and scripts from: Influence of Flash Droughts and High Fuel Prices on Recent Spikes in Grain Barge Rates on the Mississippi River
- Repository
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README.txt | 2025-06-16 | Download | |
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analyzeMissRiverProcessedData.R | 2025-06-16 | Download | |
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PratsonEtAl_WRR_SI_DownloadedData.csv | 2025-06-16 | Download | |
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PratsonEtAl_WRR_SI_ProcessedData.csv | 2025-06-16 | Download | |
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processMissRiverDownloadedData.m | 2025-06-16 | Download |