# Missouri House floats $50M for ports | Springfield Business Journal

> The Missouri House is considering inserting $50 million into the state budget to improve state ports along the Mississippi River. The funding was requested by lawmakers representing river port authorities and would partly address shipping disruptions.

- Date: 2022-04-07 · published 2022-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42039-missouri-house-floats-50m-for-ports-springfield-business-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Investment in river port infrastructure could ease future bottlenecks for grain and feed shipments in Missouri, but the funding is still only a proposal and would have little near-term price effect.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- sbj.net: https://sbj.net/stories/missouri-house-floats-50m-for-ports,78737

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