# After Hearing from Iowa Farmers, Ernst M... | U.S. Senator Joni Ernst

> Senator Joni Ernst pressed Army Corps leadership to fund deepening the Mississippi River Ship Channel from 45 to 50 feet, a stretch through which more than half of US corn and soybean exports move. She cited the recent USMCA passage and the US-China phase one agreement as context for farm export competitiveness.

- Date: 2020-01-30 · published 2020-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54979-after-hearing-from-iowa-farmers-ernst-m-u-s-senator-joni-ernst
- 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

Deeper channels would lower per-ton shipping costs and support Gulf export basis, but the project is only at the advocacy stage and has no immediate price effect.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-09-09 | [U.S. Gulf Coast grain exports slowly resume after Ida as more power restored \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44973-u-s-gulf-coast-grain-exports-slowly-resume-after-ida-as-more-power-restored.md) | +1.3% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2025-05-30 | [From Fields To Freight: Illinois Farmers Count On River Routes  - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24848-from-fields-to-freight-illinois-farmers-count-on-river-routes-the-waterways.md) | -0.3% | -4.7% |
| CORN | 2017-05-26 | [High Water Levels Still Affecting Shipping Traffic on Rivers From Central US to Gulf](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70896-high-water-levels-still-affecting-shipping-traffic-on-rivers-from-central-us-to.md) | -0.1% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2017-06-29 | [Black Sea shippers favoring Ukraine over Russia \| Journal of Commerce](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70336-black-sea-shippers-favoring-ukraine-over-russia-journal-of-commerce.md) | +5.9% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2019-11-27 | [Farmers eager to get harvest back on track \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56077-farmers-eager-to-get-harvest-back-on-track-cbc-news.md) | +0.8% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2019-02-07 | [Dredging Lower Mississippi makes money for farmers \| Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60481-dredging-lower-mississippi-makes-money-for-farmers-iowa-agribusiness-radio.md) | -0.6% | -3.4% |
| SOY | 2021-09-09 | [U.S. Gulf Coast grain exports slowly resume after Ida as more power restored \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44973-u-s-gulf-coast-grain-exports-slowly-resume-after-ida-as-more-power-restored.md) | +1.9% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2025-05-30 | [From Fields To Freight: Illinois Farmers Count On River Routes  - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24848-from-fields-to-freight-illinois-farmers-count-on-river-routes-the-waterways.md) | -0.0% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- ernst.senate.gov: https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/after-hearing-from-iowa-farmers-ernst-makes-their-voices-heard-with-army-corps-leaders-stresses-importance-of-mississippi-river-dredging-project

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