# Corps of Engineers releases 2024 Lock and Dam 10 navigation stats > St. Paul District > News Releases

> The US Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District reported 1,601 commercial lockages at Lock and Dam 10 in 2024, below the 10-year average of 2,213. The lockages moved about 10.9 million tons of commodities, roughly 5,450 barges, slightly above 2023 volumes.

- Date: 2025-01-22 · published 2025-01-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16480-corps-of-engineers-releases-2024-lock-and-dam-10-navigation-stats-st-paul
- 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

Lower lockage counts reflect shorter navigation or weather-limited barge traffic on the upper Mississippi, a modest signal of constrained upper-river grain freight capacity.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-08-12 | [USDA Increases 2024 Corn Production and Demand, Lowers Ending Stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28712-usda-increases-2024-corn-production-and-demand-lowers-ending-stocks.md) | -1.6% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2022-05-06 | [Chinese government released new data on local swine production and herd 06.05.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41392-chinese-government-released-new-data-on-local-swine-production-and-herd-06-05.md) | +6.7% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2024-07-10 | [2024 Corn Yield Forecasts: Approach and Interpretation of Results \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13167-2024-corn-yield-forecasts-approach-and-interpretation-of-results-cropwatch.md) | -0.8% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2023-03-22 | [AgroPages-Nutrien‘s 2023 Market Outlook: Expect structural supply issues to persist and demand for crop inputs to increase-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37212-agropages-nutrien-s-2023-market-outlook-expect-structural-supply-issues-to.md) | +1.7% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2020-03-06 | [Scientists Release Crop Production Outlook under Shadow of Locusts----Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54061-scientists-release-crop-production-outlook-under-shadow-of-locusts-chinese.md) | -1.0% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2024-07-12 | [USDA Hikes Corn Production, but Lowers 2024-25 Corn Ending Stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29201-usda-hikes-corn-production-but-lowers-2024-25-corn-ending-stocks.md) | -3.9% | -11.6% |
| SOY | 2023-03-22 | [AgroPages-Nutrien‘s 2023 Market Outlook: Expect structural supply issues to persist and demand for crop inputs to increase-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37212-agropages-nutrien-s-2023-market-outlook-expect-structural-supply-issues-to.md) | +0.1% | +2.7% |
| SOY | 2020-03-06 | [Scientists Release Crop Production Outlook under Shadow of Locusts----Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54061-scientists-release-crop-production-outlook-under-shadow-of-locusts-chinese.md) | -3.8% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- mvp.usace.army.mil: https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/4036226/corps-of-engineers-releases-2024-lock-and-dam-10-navigation-stats/

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