# Western Illinois University School of Agriculture

> An Illinois River feature describes grain trucking and barge loading at Havana, Illinois, where about 100 million bushels are loaded onto barges in a year, the largest of any Illinois River location. Major grain elevators there operate along the river and ship directly to barges.

- Date: 2021-04-28 · published 2021-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47498-western-illinois-university-school-of-agriculture
- 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

Havana's large barge loading volume shows the importance of Illinois River capacity for moving Midwest corn and soybeans to the Gulf, but the piece describes operations rather than a price change.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-11-07 | [Competitiveness of U.S. agriculture industry dependent on infrastructure investment – AgriNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16754-competitiveness-of-u-s-agriculture-industry-dependent-on-infrastructure.md) | +5.9% | +8.0% |
| CORN | 2023-07-10 | [Midwest drought prompts barge shipping concerns \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16611-midwest-drought-prompts-barge-shipping-concerns-agriculture-dive.md) | +4.0% | -8.3% |
| CORN | 2017-08-24 | [St. Louis Region’S Agriculture Freight Network Poised](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69628-st-louis-region-s-agriculture-freight-network-poised.md) | -3.1% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2022-01-10 | [Misery for Shippers on Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio Rivers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43328-misery-for-shippers-on-mississippi-illinois-ohio-rivers.md) | +1.3% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2020-04-08 | [ADM Update: Illinois River Upgrades - ADM Advantage](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53832-adm-update-illinois-river-upgrades-adm-advantage.md) | -5.9% | -7.4% |
| SOY | 2021-11-07 | [Competitiveness of U.S. agriculture industry dependent on infrastructure investment – AgriNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16754-competitiveness-of-u-s-agriculture-industry-dependent-on-infrastructure.md) | +3.5% | +5.8% |
| SOY | 2023-07-10 | [Midwest drought prompts barge shipping concerns \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16611-midwest-drought-prompts-barge-shipping-concerns-agriculture-dive.md) | +0.7% | -2.8% |
| SOY | 2017-08-24 | [St. Louis Region’S Agriculture Freight Network Poised](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69628-st-louis-region-s-agriculture-freight-network-poised.md) | -1.3% | +3.8% |

## Sources

- wiuag.wordpress.com: https://wiuag.wordpress.com/2021/04/28/illinois-river-gateway-to-the-world/

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