# USACE Moves Thousands of Cubic Yards from Mississippi - DredgeWire : DredgeWire

> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began moving thousands of cubic yards of dredged sand from the Mississippi near Winona, Minnesota, to a quarry. About 70,000 cubic yards are to be removed by Christmas to keep the navigation channel deep enough for barges.

- Date: 2021-11-12 · published 2021-11-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16755-usace-moves-thousands-of-cubic-yards-from-mississippi-dredgewire-dredgewire
- 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

Routine maintenance dredging keeps barge navigation open for grain shipments on the upper river, so it supports normal flows without changing prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-02-20 | [Dredging down the Mississippi may lift crop prices up north - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54496-dredging-down-the-mississippi-may-lift-crop-prices-up-north-dredgewire.md) | -2.4% | -7.1% |
| CORN | 2017-04-06 | [Mississippi River Commission Says Less Money Means Less Dredging - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71399-mississippi-river-commission-says-less-money-means-less-dredging-dredgewire.md) | +0.6% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2018-02-13 | [Mississippi River Shutdown Would Cost Millions - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66394-mississippi-river-shutdown-would-cost-millions-dredgewire-dredgewire.md) | +0.3% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2021-12-15 | [Corps is taking the deep route—Mississippi River channel to 50 ft - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16741-corps-is-taking-the-deep-route-mississippi-river-channel-to-50-ft-dredgewire.md) | -3.5% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2022-08-17 | [The mighty Mississippi River is even mightier now; here's why - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16693-the-mighty-mississippi-river-is-even-mightier-now-here-s-why-dredgewire.md) | +0.3% | +3.8% |
| SOY | 2020-02-20 | [Dredging down the Mississippi may lift crop prices up north - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54496-dredging-down-the-mississippi-may-lift-crop-prices-up-north-dredgewire.md) | -1.8% | -8.0% |
| SOY | 2017-04-06 | [Mississippi River Commission Says Less Money Means Less Dredging - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71399-mississippi-river-commission-says-less-money-means-less-dredging-dredgewire.md) | +0.4% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2018-02-13 | [Mississippi River Shutdown Would Cost Millions - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66394-mississippi-river-shutdown-would-cost-millions-dredgewire-dredgewire.md) | +2.5% | +3.9% |

## Sources

- dredgewire.com: https://dredgewire.com/usace-moves-thousands-of-cubic-yards-from-mississippi/

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