# Investments in Mississippi River Dredging Improve Export Efficiency — Louisiana Farm Bureau News

> The soy checkoff is funding planning, design and analysis to dredge the lower Mississippi River for larger ocean vessels. The investment is intended to support reliable soybean supply to export customers through Gulf ports. The article describes the program's goals without a specific construction timeline.

- Date: 2020-09-08 · published 2020-09-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51003-investments-in-mississippi-river-dredging-improve-export-efficiency-louisiana
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Improved channel access over time should lower export logistics costs for soybeans, supporting Gulf export competitiveness, though the effect on prices is distant.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2020-08-06 | [Mississippi River dredging seeks to increase US soy exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51509-mississippi-river-dredging-seeks-to-increase-us-soy-exports.md) | +1.0% | +9.1% |
| SOY | 2020-08-04 | [Dredging Project Readies Mississippi River for Efficient Soy Transportation - U.S. Soybean Export Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51508-dredging-project-readies-mississippi-river-for-efficient-soy-transportation-u-s.md) | -2.3% | +6.0% |
| SOY | 2020-07-31 | [Dredging Project Readies Mississippi River for Efficient Soy Transportation \| United Soybean Board](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52013-dredging-project-readies-mississippi-river-for-efficient-soy-transportation.md) | -1.2% | +5.1% |
| SOY | 2022-01-11 | [Progress on Lower Mississippi River dredging helps growers - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16736-progress-on-lower-mississippi-river-dredging-helps-growers-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.0% | +14.1% |
| SOY | 2020-02-13 | [A Deeper Mississippi River Will Improve the Economics of Soybean Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54493-a-deeper-mississippi-river-will-improve-the-economics-of-soybean-exports.md) | +0.0% | -4.2% |

## Sources

- lafarmbureaunews.com: https://lafarmbureaunews.com/news/2020/9/8/investments-in-mississippi-river-dredging-improve-export-efficiency

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