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The Lower Mississippi River Committee says navigation conditions are currently manageable despite the Memphis gauge reaching zero. Recent rain in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio basins is forecast to lift the Cairo and Memphis gauges, and no draft or tow-size restrictions are expected over the next several weeks.
The industry is still watching known trouble spots such as the Hickman hard point.
Higher river levels reduce barge restrictions and freight costs, which eases pressure on corn and soybean basis during the early harvest movement.
waterwaysjournal.netShelley ByrneSep 25, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
