# New grain terminal opens on “Ag Coast of America”

> A new grain handling terminal operated by Bruce Oakley, Inc. has opened in Cahokia, Illinois, on the St. Louis region's Mississippi River grain corridor. The facility can handle at least 1,000 more truckloads of grain daily and includes a barge dock, rail yard and 153,000 tons of storage.

- Date: 2021-07-19 · published 2021-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45962-new-grain-terminal-opens-on-ag-coast-of-america
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Added handling capacity in the St. Louis corridor eases bottlenecks at the origin end of the grain supply chain. The effect on prices is small and mostly affects local basis.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-07-19 | [New Terminal Expands Grain Handling Capacity for Ag Coast \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45963-new-terminal-expands-grain-handling-capacity-for-ag-coast-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.1% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2017-03-07 | [Louis Dreyfus Company opens new grain terminal \| World-grain.com \| March 07, 2017 13:42 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71889-louis-dreyfus-company-opens-new-grain-terminal-world-grain-com-march-07-2017-13.md) | -2.2% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2018-06-04 | [Cargill launches a grain terminal in Ukraine - port.today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64378-cargill-launches-a-grain-terminal-in-ukraine-port-today.md) | -2.0% | -7.4% |
| CORN | 2017-04-06 | [IFC loan to support new grain terminal at Black Sea port \| World-grain.com \| April 06, 2017 13:39 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71357-ifc-loan-to-support-new-grain-terminal-at-black-sea-port-world-grain-com-april.md) | +0.6% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2018-04-23 | [SIMCO Grain Terminal Progresses Near New Bridge Site - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65380-simco-grain-terminal-progresses-near-new-bridge-site-the-waterways-journal.md) | +1.9% | +5.3% |

## Sources

- marinelog.com: https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/new-grain-terminal-opens-on-ag-coast-of-america/

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