# Winter Weather Snarls Grain Barge Traffic | Feed & Grain

> Feed & Grain reports that severe winter weather snarled downbound barge traffic on the Upper Mississippi River. Downbound barged grain through Mississippi River locks fell to 426,106 tons for the week ending February 12, 38 percent below the prior year. Ice on the Illinois and Upper Ohio rivers and low water at St. Louis further constrained barge operations.

- Date: 2022-02-17 · published 2022-02-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16729-winter-weather-snarls-grain-barge-traffic-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced barge capacity during the winter tightens river freight availability, which supports barge rates and can lower local grain bids in river-dependent origins.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-supply-chain/news/15385646/winter-weather-snarls-grain-barge-traffic

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