# Grain Barging Returns To Upper Missouri With New Blencoe Facility - The Waterways Journal

> NEW Cooperative broke ground on an $11 million barge terminal at Missouri River Mile 680.5 near Blencoe, Iowa, on September 9. The port can handle six barges at once and aims to move 240,000 tons of soybeans, corn, distillers' grains, fertilizer and lime annually. It will be the northernmost commercial port on the Missouri River.

- Date: 2020-09-25 · published 2020-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51000-grain-barging-returns-to-upper-missouri-with-new-blencoe-facility-the-waterways
- 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 new northern barge outlet gives western Iowa farmers a cheaper route to export grain and receive fertilizer, which can narrow local basis and reduce transport costs over time.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-09-27 | [Upper Mississippi River On The Rise Again - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56949-upper-mississippi-river-on-the-rise-again-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.5% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2026-10-23 | [Mississippi River Grain Freight Rates Fall - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16331-mississippi-river-grain-freight-rates-fall-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.6% | — |
| CORN | 2020-04-20 | [ARTCO Plans New Barge Fleeting Area - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53515-artco-plans-new-barge-fleeting-area-the-waterways-journal.md) | -2.0% | -2.2% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2019-09-19 | [Grounding Temporarily Closes Lower Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56943-grounding-temporarily-closes-lower-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.3% | +4.2% |
| SOY | 2019-09-27 | [Upper Mississippi River On The Rise Again - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56949-upper-mississippi-river-on-the-rise-again-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.6% | +5.0% |
| SOY | 2020-04-20 | [ARTCO Plans New Barge Fleeting Area - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53515-artco-plans-new-barge-fleeting-area-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.0% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 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) | +1.6% | -2.9% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2020/09/25/grain-barging-returns-to-upper-missouri-with-new-blencoe-facility/

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