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Arkansas University extension notes that harvest-time barge demand rises while river restrictions limit how many barges can make the trip. Farmers without enough on-farm storage must sell crops at harvest and often ship them by barge.
The article notes Arkansas has 235 million bushels of on-farm storage.
Fewer available barges at harvest raise per-bushel freight costs and widen the basis for soybeans sold in the South. Farmers with storage can hold beans for better prices.
uaex.uada.eduSep 3, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 297 past bearish logistics events, Soybeans moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.5% to +1.8%), and +0.7% over 20.
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.
