# Melvin Price is Mississippi River’s concrete Colossus

> A feature article describes the Melvin Price Locks and Dam at Alton on the Mississippi River, which handles large volumes of US agricultural cargo. It explains the dam's role in moving goods efficiently. The piece contains no new market event.

- Date: 2021-05-13 · published 2021-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46999-melvin-price-is-mississippi-river-s-concrete-colossus
- 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

The lock and dam is a key bottleneck for Upper Mississippi grain movements, so any outage there would affect barge freight and export logistics. This piece reports no change in conditions.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-01-03 | [Lower Mississippi River closure \| GAC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73172-lower-mississippi-river-closure-gac.md) | +3.0% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2016-12-19 | [Upper Mississippi River, Columbia-Snake River Close Until Spring](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73361-upper-mississippi-river-columbia-snake-river-close-until-spring.md) | -3.2% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2022-11-07 | [Mississippi River's Low Levels Causing Barge Traffic Issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10337-mississippi-river-s-low-levels-causing-barge-traffic-issues.md) | -0.7% | -5.4% |
| CORN | 2022-05-14 | [Drought Stalls Mississippi River Cargo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16710-drought-stalls-mississippi-river-cargo.md) | +0.1% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2026-05-03 | [Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Begin Predicted Decline \| RiverBender.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16368-mississippi-and-illinois-rivers-begin-predicted-decline-riverbender-com.md) | -1.4% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2017-01-03 | [Lower Mississippi River closure \| GAC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73172-lower-mississippi-river-closure-gac.md) | 0.0% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2016-12-19 | [Upper Mississippi River, Columbia-Snake River Close Until Spring](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73361-upper-mississippi-river-columbia-snake-river-close-until-spring.md) | -4.6% | +3.7% |
| SOY | 2022-11-07 | [Mississippi River's Low Levels Causing Barge Traffic Issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10337-mississippi-river-s-low-levels-causing-barge-traffic-issues.md) | +0.3% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- thetelegraph.com: https://www.thetelegraph.com/insider/article/Melvin-Price-is-Mississippi-River-s-concrete-16180838.php

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