Reefer Rate Report (USDA produce lanes)
POST a produce shipping region (fuzzy-matched: "salinas", "kern district", "south texas", "yakima"...) and optionally a receiving metro, and get the current USDA weekly refrigerated truck rate verdict for that lane: spot rate range in USD per load (48-53ft reefer), truck availability (SURPLUS to SHORTAGE), week-over-week trend, the commodities the rate covers, and every other reported lane from that region. Source is the USDA AMS Specialty Crops National Truck Rate Report - the only legally free truckload lane-rate signal anywhere - refreshed weekly, public domain. Honest positioning: REEFER/PRODUCE LANES ONLY at region-to-metro granularity; this is NOT a general dry-van lane-rate product and does not pretend to be. Unknown regions or destinations return a free 422 carrying the full menu of what the report covers, so you never pay to learn the input space. Fail-closed if the stored report goes stale; post-settle failures auto-refund.
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{"lane":{"origin_region":"SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA","destination":"Chicago","commodities_reported":["BROCCOLI","CAULIFLOWER","LETTUCE, ICEBERG","STRAWBERRIES"]},"verdict":{"truck_availability":"SLIGHT_SHORTAGE","rate_range_usd_per_load":[6300,6700],"mostly_usd_per_load":null,"trend_wow_pct":-4,"trend":"down","confidence":"high","summary":"SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA -> Chicago: $6,300-$6,700 per reefer load, truck availability slight shortage, rates down -4% week-over-week (USDA report of 2026-07-14)."},"lanes":[{"destination":"Chicago","truck_availability":"SLIGHT_SHORTAGE","rate_low_usd":6300,"rate_high_usd":6700,"pct_change_wow":-4}],"data_quality":{"report_date":"2026-07-14","source":"USDA AMS Specialty Crops National Truck Rate Report (FVWTRK), public domain","scope":"Reefer/produce spot rates only, region->metro granularity, weekly. This is NOT a general dry-van lane-rate product."}}curl -X GET 'https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/reefer-rate-report'