# Record setting dredging season comes to an end > St. Louis District > News Stories

> The St. Louis District Corps of Engineers finished an unprecedented 2022-23 dredging season on the Mississippi River on February 1, 2023. The dredges Potter and Kimmswick ran around the clock to maintain the 9-foot shipping channel.

- Date: 2023-02-13 · published 2023-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16649-record-setting-dredging-season-comes-to-an-end-st-louis-district-news-stories
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Continuous dredging helped keep the river channel open during low water, supporting barge movement of grain and fertilizer. Reduced channel restrictions ease freight pressure on feed grain flows.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-12-02 | [2019 navigation season wraps up > St. Paul District > News Releases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55477-2019-navigation-season-wraps-up-st-paul-district-news-releases.md) | +1.5% | +7.2% |
| SOY | 2018-07-19 | [Analysis shows benefits of dredging Lower Mississippi River - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63915-analysis-shows-benefits-of-dredging-lower-mississippi-river-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.2% | +1.8% |
| SOY | 2025-12-05 | [The grain transportation sector sees strong demand amid record corn production \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21699-the-grain-transportation-sector-sees-strong-demand-amid-record-corn-production.md) | -2.3% | -6.5% |
| SOY | 2025-06-26 | [Storm runoff beginning to impact shipping - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16444-storm-runoff-beginning-to-impact-shipping-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.5% | -2.0% |
| SOY | 2016-11-23 | [Choke Point of a Nation: The High Cost of an Aging River Lock - The New York Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/74008-choke-point-of-a-nation-the-high-cost-of-an-aging-river-lock-the-new-york-times.md) | +0.2% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2019-12-02 | [2019 navigation season wraps up > St. Paul District > News Releases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55477-2019-navigation-season-wraps-up-st-paul-district-news-releases.md) | -0.2% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2024-07-25 | [St. Louis area returns to close-to-normal water levels - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16524-st-louis-area-returns-to-close-to-normal-water-levels-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.9% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 2023-06-28 | [Corps of Engineers forecasts full river navigation season \| Jefferson City News Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35678-corps-of-engineers-forecasts-full-river-navigation-season-jefferson-city-news.md) | -7.6% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- dredgewire.com: https://dredgewire.com/record-setting-dredging-season-comes-to-an-end/
- mvs.usace.army.mil: https://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3296424/record-setting-dredging-season-comes-to-an-end/

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