# Mississippi River Commission Announces 2026 High-Water Inspection Meetings Along the Mississippi River – Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, INC.

> The Mississippi River Commission will hold its annual high-water inspection trip from March 23 to 27, 2026, with public meetings at New Madrid, Memphis, Vicksburg and Baton Rouge. Agendas cover navigation, flood control and infrastructure investment.

- Date: 2026-03-19 · published 2026-03-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16381-mississippi-river-commission-announces-2026-high-water-inspection-meetings
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The meetings are a stakeholder forum on river infrastructure and do not change current flows, so they have little direct price implication for feed commodities.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-02-07 | [All Mississippi River locks and dams getting upgrades](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16730-all-mississippi-river-locks-and-dams-getting-upgrades.md) | +3.8% | +17.4% |
| CORN | 2019-09-11 | [White House hosts separate meetings as oil and biofuel battle rages on \| 2019-09-11  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56942-white-house-hosts-separate-meetings-as-oil-and-biofuel-battle-rages-on-2019-09.md) | +4.2% | +9.2% |
| CORN | 2019-10-07 | [Governor Parson strongly supports Mississippi River dredging](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56462-governor-parson-strongly-supports-mississippi-river-dredging.md) | +3.7% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2017-01-31 | [Deepening the Mississippi River: A Trump Priority - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72374-deepening-the-mississippi-river-a-trump-priority-dredgewire-dredgewire.md) | -0.5% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2025-01-08 | [Urea prices continue to rise in line with the international market trend – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11881-urea-prices-continue-to-rise-in-line-with-the-international-market-trend-dezba.md) | +2.8% | +5.1% |
| SOY | 2018-12-18 | [Finally: European Commission announces plans to act on deforestation \| WWF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61586-finally-european-commission-announces-plans-to-act-on-deforestation-wwf.md) | -2.3% | -1.1% |
| SOY | 2022-02-07 | [All Mississippi River locks and dams getting upgrades](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16730-all-mississippi-river-locks-and-dams-getting-upgrades.md) | +1.9% | +7.8% |
| SOY | 2019-07-23 | [EU Communication (2019) on stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world’s forests - European Commission](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58112-eu-communication-2019-on-stepping-up-eu-action-to-protect-and-restore-the-world.md) | -0.3% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- irpt.net: https://www.irpt.net/mississippi-river-commission-announces-2026-high-water-inspection-meetings-along-the-mississippi-river/

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