# Flood Waters Continue to Stop Barge Traffic on Upper Mississippi

> Flooding on the Upper Mississippi River has crested at St. Paul, Minnesota, but the river remains high and locks and dams from Hastings to Canton, Missouri are open and will only reopen once flood waters recede. DTN analysts say barge traffic will stay halted for at least a few more weeks.

- Date: 2023-05-01 · published 2023-05-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36107-flood-waters-continue-to-stop-barge-traffic-on-upper-mississippi
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Prolonged barge stoppages strand Midwest corn and soybean shipments, widening Gulf basis and raising barge freight costs while cash grain prices in the interior weaken.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-04-28 | [Barge traffic stopped on upper Mississippi \| wqad.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36575-barge-traffic-stopped-on-upper-mississippi-wqad-com.md) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2023-04-27 | [Flooding on Upper Mississippi River to halt barge traffic for weeks, USDA says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16633-flooding-on-upper-mississippi-river-to-halt-barge-traffic-for-weeks-usda-says.md) | -0.9% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2023-04-24 | [Swollen Upper Mississippi River Stalls Barge Traffic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36574-swollen-upper-mississippi-river-stalls-barge-traffic.md) | -0.7% | -9.9% |
| CORN | 2019-07-16 | [Record Flood-Stage Days Stymie Mississippi River Barge Traffic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57962-record-flood-stage-days-stymie-mississippi-river-barge-traffic.md) | -2.3% | -9.8% |
| CORN | 2022-09-29 | [Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16679-low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic-ap-news.md) | +1.7% | +4.0% |
| SOY | 2023-04-28 | [Barge traffic stopped on upper Mississippi \| wqad.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36575-barge-traffic-stopped-on-upper-mississippi-wqad-com.md) | +1.5% | -7.2% |
| SOY | 2023-04-27 | [Flooding on Upper Mississippi River to halt barge traffic for weeks, USDA says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16633-flooding-on-upper-mississippi-river-to-halt-barge-traffic-for-weeks-usda-says.md) | +0.8% | -7.8% |
| SOY | 2023-04-24 | [Swollen Upper Mississippi River Stalls Barge Traffic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36574-swollen-upper-mississippi-river-stalls-barge-traffic.md) | -2.6% | -11.9% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2023/05/01/flood-waters-continue-stop-barge

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