# Fifty Years In, Oklahoma-Based River Corridor Faces Millions in Backlogged Repairs | Nebraska Public Media

> The McClellan-Kerr Navigation System, a 445-mile waterway serving Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Colorado, is 50 years old and has a growing backlog of infrastructure repairs. A breakdown could force farmers to use costlier shipping and fertilizer routes.

- Date: 2021-04-15 · published 2021-04-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47494-fifty-years-in-oklahoma-based-river-corridor-faces-millions-in-backlogged
- 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

A possible outage on this system would raise barge costs for soybeans, grain and fertilizer in the southern Plains, which would widen basis and freight differentials rather than move flat futures much.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-08-16 | [Ukraine exports over 64 million tons of cargo through Black Sea corridor in a year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14280-ukraine-exports-over-64-million-tons-of-cargo-through-black-sea-corridor-in-a.md) | -0.8% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2026-06-24 | [When the River Runs Low, Southern Grain Farmers Pay the Most - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16354-when-the-river-runs-low-southern-grain-farmers-pay-the-most-oklahoma-farm-report.md) | -1.9% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2023-12-04 | [Infrastructure Minister: 7 million metric tons of cargo transported through Black Sea humanitarian corridor](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14339-infrastructure-minister-7-million-metric-tons-of-cargo-transported-through.md) | +1.7% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2017-10-05 | [River Barge Traffic Backlogged, Market Paying Farmers to Store Grain - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68664-river-barge-traffic-backlogged-market-paying-farmers-to-store-grain-dredgewire.md) | -0.7% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2020-11-30 | [Barge Restrictions Mean Shipping Complications on Mississippi River \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49545-barge-restrictions-mean-shipping-complications-on-mississippi-river-feed-and.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| SOY | 2026-06-24 | [When the River Runs Low, Southern Grain Farmers Pay the Most - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16354-when-the-river-runs-low-southern-grain-farmers-pay-the-most-oklahoma-farm-report.md) | +0.7% | +8.6% |
| SOY | 2020-11-30 | [Barge Restrictions Mean Shipping Complications on Mississippi River \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49545-barge-restrictions-mean-shipping-complications-on-mississippi-river-feed-and.md) | -2.4% | +5.3% |
| SOY | 2022-10-04 | [U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16675-u-s-barge-backlog-swells-on-parched-mississippi-river-reuters.md) | 0.0% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- nebraskapublicmedia.org: https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/fifty-years-in-oklahoma-based-river-corridor-faces-millions-in-backlogged-repairs/

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