# Barge Industry Reports Delays Due to Winter Weather | Feed & Grain

> Freezing on the Mississippi has delayed barge movements since early January, with reduced tow sizes on the St. Louis-to-Cairo stretch and ice coupling on the Illinois River. High water and snow and ice on the Ohio River added further delays, and spot barge rates rose.

- Date: 2022-01-20 · published 2022-01-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16734-barge-industry-reports-delays-due-to-winter-weather-feed-and-grain
- 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

Slower barge traffic and higher spot freight rates lift transport costs for grain moving to Gulf export, pressuring farm-gate and basis prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-02-10 | [Winter Weather Delays Grain Movement to US Ports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72399-winter-weather-delays-grain-movement-to-us-ports.md) | +0.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2021-02-25 | [Grain Barges Resume Operations After Severe Winter Weather \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48527-grain-barges-resume-operations-after-severe-winter-weather-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.1% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2021-02-18 | [Snow & Ice Storms Interrupt Grain Barge Movements \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48528-snow-and-ice-storms-interrupt-grain-barge-movements-feed-and-grain.md) | +0.8% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2023-09-21 | [Barge loads reduced as low water impacts Mississippi River \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16605-barge-loads-reduced-as-low-water-impacts-mississippi-river-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.2% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2020-12-01 | [Dry Barge Fleet Consolidation \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49543-dry-barge-fleet-consolidation-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| SOY | 2023-09-21 | [Barge loads reduced as low water impacts Mississippi River \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16605-barge-loads-reduced-as-low-water-impacts-mississippi-river-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.3% | -0.7% |
| SOY | 2026-05-22 | [Grain transport costs to Mexico rise in Q1 \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16361-grain-transport-costs-to-mexico-rise-in-q1-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.8% | -5.6% |
| SOY | 2019-09-09 | [When it rains, it pours for America’s barge industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56944-when-it-rains-it-pours-for-america-s-barge-industry.md) | +4.7% | +8.4% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-supply-chain/news/15385804/barge-industry-reports-delays-due-to-winter-weather

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