# Mississippi River needs more runoff - Brownfield Ag News

> The Soy Transportation Coalition said the upper Midwest needs another major rain event to lift Mississippi River levels, which are now lower than a year earlier. Barge companies are limiting cargo and tow sizes because the channel is shallower and narrower, and the Missouri River is supplying more of the flow at St. Louis.

- Date: 2023-11-21 · published 2023-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16588-mississippi-river-needs-more-runoff-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Without a rain-driven rise, barge capacity stays constrained and transport economics stay expensive for grain moving south. That sustains freight costs and export basis pressure through the harvest-to-export period.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/mississippi-river-needs-more-runoff/

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