# A Reliable Waterway System Is Important to Agriculture, April 2025

> A 2025 USDA-style report describes the importance of the U.S. waterway system to agriculture, noting barges carried 291.0 million tons of food and farm products in 2023 and move about half of grain destined for export. It also outlines fiscal 2025 agricultural export and import forecasts.

- Date: 2025-04-01 · published 2025-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16453-a-reliable-waterway-system-is-important-to-agriculture-april-2025
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Reliance on barges means any disruption to river infrastructure raises freight costs and widens local basis, lowering farm-gate prices in affected interior regions.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts050.04-2025

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