# Water Woes for Grain Markets and Consumers - Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense

> Low Mississippi and Amazon river levels are raising grain shipping costs, with barge use down as much as 25% this year. Brazil's Amazon ports, which handle about 30% of its exports, face El Niño-worsened dry-season constraints, and diverting to southern ports adds 20% or more to shipping costs.

- Date: 2023-11-16 · published 2023-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33067-water-woes-for-grain-markets-and-consumers-cross-border-threat-screening-and
- 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

Higher barge and inland freight costs widen basis and delivered prices for US and Brazilian grain, while Brazil's export constraints could tighten global corn supply and support prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-02-11 | [Soybeans set for 4th weekly gain on South American crop woes - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42735-soybeans-set-for-4th-weekly-gain-on-south-american-crop-woes-markets-business.md) | +0.7% | +14.4% |
| CORN | 2026-04-22 | [Chicago soy rises as oil prices climb, rain forecast threatens Midwest planting - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19752-chicago-soy-rises-as-oil-prices-climb-rain-forecast-threatens-midwest-planting.md) | +1.6% | +4.3% |
| CORN | 2025-02-13 | [Drought conditions intensify across US, threatening crop yields \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13112-drought-conditions-intensify-across-us-threatening-crop-yields-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.7% | -6.8% |
| CORN | 2023-06-24 | [Drought hits the Midwest, threatening crops and the world’s food supply • Missouri Independent](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35662-drought-hits-the-midwest-threatening-crops-and-the-world-s-food-supply-missouri.md) | -8.7% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2026-04-23 | [Wheat Futures Climb as Drought Hits Winter Crop - Daily Grain Highlights \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19769-wheat-futures-climb-as-drought-hits-winter-crop-daily-grain-highlights.md) | +1.7% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2022-02-11 | [Soybeans set for 4th weekly gain on South American crop woes - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42735-soybeans-set-for-4th-weekly-gain-on-south-american-crop-woes-markets-business.md) | +1.1% | +7.4% |
| SOY | 2026-04-22 | [Chicago soy rises as oil prices climb, rain forecast threatens Midwest planting - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19752-chicago-soy-rises-as-oil-prices-climb-rain-forecast-threatens-midwest-planting.md) | -0.1% | +3.0% |
| SOY | 2025-02-13 | [Drought conditions intensify across US, threatening crop yields \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13112-drought-conditions-intensify-across-us-threatening-crop-yields-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.7% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- cbts.tamu.edu: https://cbts.tamu.edu/2023/11/16/water-woes-for-grain-markets-and-consumers/

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