# St. Louis area returns to close-to-normal water levels - Brownfield Ag News

> Rivers around St. Louis have returned to more normal levels after high water had slowed barge traffic north of the city. Navigation restrictions on the Mississippi were lifted earlier in the week, removing high-water charges for shippers.

- Date: 2024-07-25 · published 2024-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16524-st-louis-area-returns-to-close-to-normal-water-levels-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Restored river access eases freight bottlenecks for fertilizer and grain moving up the upper Mississippi, which supports normal barge rates and reduces logistics-driven basis pressure.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-07-22 | [River traffic returning to normal - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16527-river-traffic-returning-to-normal-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.1% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2025-01-08 | [Low river levels remain a concern for inland waterways - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16477-low-river-levels-remain-a-concern-for-inland-waterways-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.8% | +5.1% |
| CORN | 2019-06-21 | [Closed rivers add insult to injury - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58792-closed-rivers-add-insult-to-injury-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.2% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2024-02-23 | [Mississippi River levels return to normal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16563-mississippi-river-levels-return-to-normal.md) | +0.1% | +7.0% |
| CORN | 2023-05-19 | [Updates to locks and dams begin on Upper Mississippi River - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36108-updates-to-locks-and-dams-begin-on-upper-mississippi-river-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +6.7% | +4.4% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/st-louis-area-returns-to-close-to-normal-water-levels/
- 1230kfjb.com: https://www.1230kfjb.com/2024/07/25/st-louis-area-returns-to-close-to-normal-water-levels/

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