# Missouri River navigation support; full-length season, reduced service levels | DRGNews

> The US Army Corps of Engineers reduced Missouri River navigation flow support by 1,500 cubic feet per second for the second half of the season due to drought in the upper basin. The navigation season will run a full eight months, ending December 1, 2021, at St. Louis.

- Date: 2021-07-03 · published 2021-07-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46260-missouri-river-navigation-support-full-length-season-reduced-service-levels
- 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

Lower river flows constrain barge drafts on the Missouri and Mississippi, which can raise barge freight costs and slow grain movement from the Midwest to Gulf export terminals.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-02-13 | [A shorter navigation season expected for MO River - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37496-a-shorter-navigation-season-expected-for-mo-river-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.3% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2023-06-28 | [Corps of Engineers forecasts full river navigation season \| Jefferson City News Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35678-corps-of-engineers-forecasts-full-river-navigation-season-jefferson-city-news.md) | -7.6% | -0.5% |
| CORN | 2023-02-13 | [New funding proposal aims to reduce bottlenecks on Upper Mississippi River - News Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16653-new-funding-proposal-aims-to-reduce-bottlenecks-on-upper-mississippi-river-news.md) | -1.3% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2026-07-31 | [MO River runoff will shorten navigation season \| 680 KFEQ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18544-mo-river-runoff-will-shorten-navigation-season-680-kfeq.md) | -0.1% | +7.1% |
| CORN | 2020-09-22 | [Progress continues on damaged Lower Missouri River Navigation Channel > Kansas City District > News Releases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51305-progress-continues-on-damaged-lower-missouri-river-navigation-channel-kansas.md) | +0.2% | +5.8% |
| SOY | 2023-02-13 | [New funding proposal aims to reduce bottlenecks on Upper Mississippi River - News Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16653-new-funding-proposal-aims-to-reduce-bottlenecks-on-upper-mississippi-river-news.md) | -1.0% | -2.8% |
| SOY | 2026-07-31 | [MO River runoff will shorten navigation season \| 680 KFEQ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18544-mo-river-runoff-will-shorten-navigation-season-680-kfeq.md) | -1.3% | +3.8% |
| SOY | 2019-12-02 | [2019 navigation season wraps up > St. Paul District > News Releases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55477-2019-navigation-season-wraps-up-st-paul-district-news-releases.md) | +1.5% | +7.2% |

## Sources

- drgnews.com: https://drgnews.com/2021/07/03/missouri-river-navigation-support-full-length-season-reduced-service-levels/

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