# Video

> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District says it continues maintaining the Mississippi navigation channel during COVID-19 while following CDC guidance. The Corps states that shipping corn and soybeans by river saves producers around $1 per bushel versus rail or truck.

- Date: 2020-05-11 · published 2020-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53013-video
- 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

Reliable river navigation supports low-cost barge movement of grain, keeping Midwest basis competitive and sustaining export flows.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-04-25 | [Incident Video: Bulk Carrier Crashes Into Dock at Argentine Grain Hub](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65594-incident-video-bulk-carrier-crashes-into-dock-at-argentine-grain-hub.md) | +2.4% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2022-05-09 | [Rail providers asked to do more](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41441-rail-providers-asked-to-do-more.md) | +6.1% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2024-12-05 | [Ukraine’s Jan-Oct grain exports via Romania’s Constanta down 52%](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14247-ukraine-s-jan-oct-grain-exports-via-romania-s-constanta-down-52.md) | +4.3% | +5.8% |
| CORN | 2022-06-02 | [Port of South Louisiana & Waterways Council Inc say U.S. infrastructure upgrades vital \| Air Freight News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16708-port-of-south-louisiana-and-waterways-council-inc-say-u-s-infrastructure.md) | +4.8% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2020-12-01 | [Grain Vessel Loading Activity Remains Strong \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49849-grain-vessel-loading-activity-remains-strong-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| SOY | 2017-06-27 | [Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70334-chokepoints-and-vulnerabilities-in-global-food-trade.md) | +6.4% | +8.2% |
| SOY | 2019-04-01 | [Northern Rivers Come out of Hibernation With a Vengeance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59486-northern-rivers-come-out-of-hibernation-with-a-vengeance.md) | +1.7% | -4.2% |
| SOY | 2017-12-11 | [Pere Marquette Last Vessel Out Of St. Paul - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67373-pere-marquette-last-vessel-out-of-st-paul-the-waterways-journal.md) | -2.3% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- 7atc.army.mil: https://www.7atc.army.mil/Media-News/Video/videoid/752607/dvpmoduleid/4969/dvpTag/DMMP/

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