# With low water levels on the Mississippi River persisting for the fourth consecutive year, the Memphis District Corps of Engineers held a press conference today to review current river conditions and operations … | Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

> The Memphis District Army Corps of Engineers held a press conference on low water levels, now in their fourth consecutive year. Officials said reduced tows and grounding risks could disrupt about 660 million tons of annual cargo, including grain and fertilizer. The Corps described dredging, monitoring and channel alignment as mitigation efforts.

- Date: 2025-09-26 · published 2025-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16429-with-low-water-levels-on-the-mississippi-river-persisting-for-the-fourth
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced tows and grounding risks raise barge costs and can delay grain and fertilizer deliveries. Mitigation dredging may ease constraints, limiting the duration of the price impact.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-04-19 | [Barge operations to stop as Mississippi rises increasing costs to farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16636-barge-operations-to-stop-as-mississippi-rises-increasing-costs-to-farmers.md) | +2.3% | +6.8% |
| UREA | 2025-06-01 | [The price of phosphate fertilisers continues to rise and everything indicates that there will be an upturn in urea prices – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4338-the-price-of-phosphate-fertilisers-continues-to-rise-and-everything-indicates.md) | -18.3% | -14.1% |
| UREA | 2026-05-05 | [Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #10–Shipping Disruptions Drive Up Fertilizer Costs and Threaten Food Security - IFDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19178-fertilizer-crisis-response-bulletin-10-shipping-disruptions-drive-up-fertilizer.md) | -4.2% | -27.8% |
| UREA | 2023-04-27 | [Flooding on Upper Mississippi River to halt barge traffic for weeks, USDA says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16633-flooding-on-upper-mississippi-river-to-halt-barge-traffic-for-weeks-usda-says.md) | +3.6% | +3.9% |
| UREA | 2021-08-30 | [Hurricane Ida Shutters Ag Exports with No Clear Timeline on How Long Shipping Delays Could Last - The Scoop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6008-hurricane-ida-shutters-ag-exports-with-no-clear-timeline-on-how-long-shipping.md) | +16.5% | +21.0% |

## Sources

- linkedin.com: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/www%2Emvm%2Eusace%2Earmy%2Emil_with-low-water-levels-on-the-mississippi-activity-7377440575626821632-LNeg

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