# Concerns Arise for Soybean Exports Following Arrival of Hurricane Ida - Central Mo Info

> Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 storm on August 29, 2021, and the U.S. Coast Guard halted vessel movement on the lower Mississippi River from the Gulf to river mile 303. The Soy Transportation Coalition warned the closure and storm could hurt soybean exports, and a damage assessment is expected to take weeks.

- Date: 2021-08-31 · published 2021-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45731-concerns-arise-for-soybean-exports-following-arrival-of-hurricane-ida-central
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

A shutdown of lower Mississippi export terminals delays soybean and grain shipments during the start of the fall export season, which tightens nearby export demand and supports soybean and meal prices while pressuring basis.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-07-17 | [Concerns rising about US soybean export volumes as the Mississippi River’s water level falls for a second consecutive year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16615-concerns-rising-about-us-soybean-export-volumes-as-the-mississippi-river-s.md) | +0.4% | -6.3% |
| SOY | 2020-04-28 | [Low river, COVID measures hamper Argentina’s agricultural exports - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53490-low-river-covid-measures-hamper-argentina-s-agricultural-exports-grain-central.md) | +0.6% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2021-09-02 | [Hurricane Ida Leaves Lower Mississippi River Largely Shut Down as Damage Reports Come In](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45093-hurricane-ida-leaves-lower-mississippi-river-largely-shut-down-as-damage.md) | -1.5% | -1.7% |
| SOY | 2020-02-13 | [A Deeper Mississippi River Will Improve the Economics of Soybean Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54493-a-deeper-mississippi-river-will-improve-the-economics-of-soybean-exports.md) | +0.0% | -4.2% |
| SOY | 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) | -1.7% | +1.9% |
| SBM | 2020-04-28 | [Low river, COVID measures hamper Argentina’s agricultural exports - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53490-low-river-covid-measures-hamper-argentina-s-agricultural-exports-grain-central.md) | -0.7% | -0.5% |
| SBM | 2017-07-06 | [The record high soybean import is cause for the Chinese ports' collapse.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70039-the-record-high-soybean-import-is-cause-for-the-chinese-ports-collapse.md) | +5.7% | -2.4% |
| SBM | 2026-06-17 | [Argentina’s oilseed labor dispute deepens, raising concern over export dollar inflows - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13792-argentina-s-oilseed-labor-dispute-deepens-raising-concern-over-export-dollar.md) | -0.6% | +4.3% |

## Sources

- centralmoinfo.com: https://www.centralmoinfo.com/concerns-arise-for-soybean-exports-following-arrival-of-hurricane-ida/

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