# America’s Recovery Flows Through Our Ports – InsideSources

> Two Louisiana port stakeholders urged Congress and the Trump administration to fund Mississippi River system improvements as part of COVID-19 recovery legislation. They noted that 60 percent of US grain exports move through the Mississippi River Ship Channel.

- Date: 2020-06-10 · published 2020-06-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52502-america-s-recovery-flows-through-our-ports-insidesources
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The river channel carries most US grain exports, so funding for deepening and repairs would support Gulf export competitiveness over time, but it is an advocacy piece with no immediate price effect.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

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| SOY | 2023-10-17 | [Inside the EU’s Ambitious Anti-Deforestation Regulation \| The Regulatory Review](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33661-inside-the-eu-s-ambitious-anti-deforestation-regulation-the-regulatory-review.md) | +0.0% | +6.4% |
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## Sources

- insidesources.com: https://insidesources.com/americas-recovery-flows-through-our-ports/

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