# Grain deliveries halted at Mississippi River elevators | Western Livestock Journal

> Cargill terminals at Hickman, KY and Keithsburg, IL stopped taking corn and soybeans for the last week of October because low Mississippi River levels had filled their storage. Industry groups warned that the inland waterway system lacks capacity to move the harvest.

- Date: 2022-11-04 · published 2022-11-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10333-grain-deliveries-halted-at-mississippi-river-elevators-western-livestock-journal
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Halted elevator intake piles up grain at farms and reduces local demand, pressuring cash bids for corn and soybeans while raising barge and freight costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-26 | [Grain Deliveries Halted at Mississippi River Elevators; No Help Coming from Missouri River Flows](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39339-grain-deliveries-halted-at-mississippi-river-elevators-no-help-coming-from.md) | -1.2% | -3.3% |
| CORN | 2023-09-29 | [Mississippi River Near Historic Lows, Grain Exports at Risk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16603-mississippi-river-near-historic-lows-grain-exports-at-risk.md) | +1.9% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2021-09-20 | [Ida, Nicholas Temporarily Halt Grain Exports From Lower Mississippi River - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45000-ida-nicholas-temporarily-halt-grain-exports-from-lower-mississippi-river-the.md) | -4.3% | -4.1% |
| CORN | 2022-10-21 | [Low Water And Mississippi River Drafts - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16676-low-water-and-mississippi-river-drafts-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.9% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2025-09-25 | [Low water levels return to Mississippi River as harvest season begins \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16423-low-water-levels-return-to-mississippi-river-as-harvest-season-begins-feed-and.md) | -2.5% | -1.8% |
| SOY | 2022-10-26 | [Grain Deliveries Halted at Mississippi River Elevators; No Help Coming from Missouri River Flows](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39339-grain-deliveries-halted-at-mississippi-river-elevators-no-help-coming-from.md) | +3.9% | +3.5% |
| SOY | 2023-09-29 | [Mississippi River Near Historic Lows, Grain Exports at Risk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16603-mississippi-river-near-historic-lows-grain-exports-at-risk.md) | -1.5% | -1.6% |
| SOY | 2021-09-20 | [Ida, Nicholas Temporarily Halt Grain Exports From Lower Mississippi River - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45000-ida-nicholas-temporarily-halt-grain-exports-from-lower-mississippi-river-the.md) | +0.1% | -5.2% |

## Sources

- wlj.net: https://www.wlj.net/grain-deliveries-halted-at-mississippi-river-elevators/

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