# River Shipping Outlook is Not Good | Red River Farm Network

> CHS executive Rick Dusek said low water on the Mississippi, especially south of St. Louis, and drought-reduced Panama Canal water volumes are complicating grain and farm input movements. He sees no quick fix for river conditions.

- Date: 2023-12-09 · published 2023-12-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32915-river-shipping-outlook-is-not-good-red-river-farm-network
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Shallow draft limits barge loading, increasing freight costs and reducing competitiveness of US grain exports, while also raising input delivery costs.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- rrfn.com: https://www.rrfn.com/2023/12/09/river-shipping-outlook-is-not-good/

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