# Major flooding in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota affects animals, logistics - The Jacobsen

> Flooding in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota is disrupting animal protein logistics and freight. Fastmarkets reported poultry bloodmeal down to $800-850 per short ton and poultry by-product meal and chicken meal also lower on June 25.

- Date: 2024-06-25 · published 2024-06-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29880-major-flooding-in-iowa-minnesota-south-dakota-affects-animals-logistics-the
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Flood-related freight disruption constrains movement of animal proteins out of the Upper Midwest and softer soybean meal is pressuring protein meal prices, pointing to weaker bloodmeal and by-product meal values.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼
- SBM: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2022-12-07 | [China's november soybean imports drop on logistics hurdles - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38237-china-s-november-soybean-imports-drop-on-logistics-hurdles-datamarnews.md) | +0.8% | +8.3% |
| SBM | 2019-07-29 | [Good timing, immediate impact: AGP opens soy processing plant in Aberdeen - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58165-good-timing-immediate-impact-agp-opens-soy-processing-plant-in-aberdeen-agweek.md) | -3.5% | -4.4% |
| SBM | 2022-05-04 | [Soybean prices in Ukraine are falling amid falling demand for meal and cake](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41517-soybean-prices-in-ukraine-are-falling-amid-falling-demand-for-meal-and-cake.md) | -6.2% | -3.9% |
| SBM | 2022-10-18 | [Sunflowers and soybeans in Ukraine are falling in price against the background of the new harvest and limited exports 18.10.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39249-sunflowers-and-soybeans-in-ukraine-are-falling-in-price-against-the-background.md) | -0.1% | -1.4% |
| SBM | 2022-09-20 | [Low demand from processors puts pressure on soybean and rapeseed prices in Ukraine 20.09.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39687-low-demand-from-processors-puts-pressure-on-soybean-and-rapeseed-prices-in.md) | -1.6% | -4.7% |

## Sources

- thejacobsen.com: https://thejacobsen.com/2024/06/25/major-flooding-in-iowa-minnesota-south-dakota-affects-animals-logistics/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.