# Mississippi Levels Disrupt Exports, Shipments - Decision Innovation Solutions

> Low water on the lower Mississippi has persisted for a third year, with Memphis gauge readings falling below zero feet in October. Forecasts showed further declines, and the river carries a large share of U.S. corn and soybean exports.

- Date: 2025-02-11 · published 2025-02-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16470-mississippi-levels-disrupt-exports-shipments-decision-innovation-solutions
- 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

Shallow drafts cut barge loads and raise per-bushel freight, tightening effective export capacity and supporting Gulf basis and barge rates.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-02-13 | [A Deeper Mississippi River Will Improve the Economics of Soybean Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54493-a-deeper-mississippi-river-will-improve-the-economics-of-soybean-exports.md) | +1.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2020-08-06 | [Deepening Lower Mississippi River \| Iowa Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51507-deepening-lower-mississippi-river-iowa-soybean-association.md) | +1.4% | +8.8% |
| CORN | 2026-09-08 | [Black Sea shipping disruption pushes Turkish feed prices back to May levels \| Feed Planet Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17590-black-sea-shipping-disruption-pushes-turkish-feed-prices-back-to-may-levels.md) | +0.2% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2020-08-03 | [Funding go-ahead for Mississippi River deepening seen as boon for exports - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51505-funding-go-ahead-for-mississippi-river-deepening-seen-as-boon-for-exports.md) | -1.4% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2025-12-04 | [Mississippi River Crisis Threatens U.S. Grain Exports and Farm Logistics - Agrolatam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16404-mississippi-river-crisis-threatens-u-s-grain-exports-and-farm-logistics.md) | +0.4% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2024-11-14 | [Mississippi River levels lift export opportunity](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16491-mississippi-river-levels-lift-export-opportunity.md) | -1.4% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2020-08-06 | [Mississippi River dredging seeks to increase US soy exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51509-mississippi-river-dredging-seeks-to-increase-us-soy-exports.md) | +1.0% | +9.1% |
| SOY | 2020-02-13 | [A Deeper Mississippi River Will Improve the Economics of Soybean Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54493-a-deeper-mississippi-river-will-improve-the-economics-of-soybean-exports.md) | +0.0% | -4.2% |

## Sources

- decision-innovation.com: https://www.decision-innovation.com/news/low-water-levels-in-lower-mississippi-affect-export-grain-shipments/

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