# Port of Blencoe Starts Work on $11M Port – Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, INC.

> NEW Cooperative began work on an $11 million barge port about two miles west of Blencoe, Iowa, with Governor Kim Reynolds attending. The co-op hopes to send its first soybean barges south by late fall and expects six to nine barges per spring delivering fertilizer and other products. Barge traffic has been absent from this stretch of the Missouri for over 15 years.

- Date: 2020-09-11 · published 2020-09-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51004-port-of-blencoe-starts-work-on-11m-port-inland-rivers-ports-and-terminals-inc
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Restoring barge access on the upper Missouri gives western Iowa farmers a lower-cost export and fertilizer route, which can narrow basis and trim transport costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- UREA: neutral
- BARGE: bearish ▼

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| SOY | 2018-03-03 | [Osceola River Port now open](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65888-osceola-river-port-now-open.md) | -3.0% | -2.4% |
| UREA | 2023-04-22 | [US fertilizer prices continue short-term rise, while all other markets decline.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36731-us-fertilizer-prices-continue-short-term-rise-while-all-other-markets-decline.md) | +3.2% | +5.6% |
| UREA | 2026-03-26 | [The Mississippi River is open for business early - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16382-the-mississippi-river-is-open-for-business-early-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +10.4% | +11.0% |
| UREA | 2026-10-08 | [European Natural Gas Prices Defy Rebound in Middle Eastern LNG Shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/629-european-natural-gas-prices-defy-rebound-in-middle-eastern-lng-shipments.md) | +2.3% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- irpt.net: https://www.irpt.net/port-of-blencoe-starts-work-on-11m-port/

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