# Barge Transportation And Agriculture Outlook - The Waterways Journal

> Ken Eriksen of Polaris Consulting discussed barge transportation and agriculture at the St. Louis Freightweek event. He said Mississippi River commerce averages $273 million a day, mostly grain, and that a Big River Coalition study on draft restrictions and freight rates will be finished in late summer.

- Date: 2025-06-13 · published 2025-06-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16442-barge-transportation-and-agriculture-outlook-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Barge availability and freight rates feed into the basis price for Midwest grain. Ongoing tariff uncertainty also makes export flow forecasting harder.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2025/06/13/barge-transportation-and-agriculture-outlook/

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