# Grain leaves St. Joseph port for 1st time as barge shipments resume

> Grain began shipping by barge from the new St. Joseph, Missouri port for the first time, with two barges loaded with soybeans bound for the Gulf and export. Each barge holds about 54,000 bushels and will travel down the Missouri River to St. Louis.

- Date: 2019-11-20 · published 2019-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55926-grain-leaves-st-joseph-port-for-1st-time-as-barge-shipments-resume
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Barge-based soybean loadings at a new Missouri River port offer a cheaper export route than truck or rail, supporting regional soybean basis and freight competition.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- BARGE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-06-17 | [Flooding Keeps Chokehold on Barge Traffic, Stalling Grain Shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58499-flooding-keeps-chokehold-on-barge-traffic-stalling-grain-shipments.md) | +0.7% | +0.6% |
| SOY | 2019-06-21 | [Armada of barges cleared for Mississippi River shipments after floods](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58495-armada-of-barges-cleared-for-mississippi-river-shipments-after-floods.md) | -3.0% | -1.5% |
| 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 | 2020-09-01 | [Chile trucker strike snarls shipments of salmon, fruit and grain \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51124-chile-trucker-strike-snarls-shipments-of-salmon-fruit-and-grain-financial-post.md) | +2.3% | +4.4% |
| SOY | 2025-03-07 | [Containerized grain exports surge in 2024 as shipping alliances reshape in 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25679-containerized-grain-exports-surge-in-2024-as-shipping-alliances-reshape-in-2025.md) | -1.7% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- stjosephpost.com: https://stjosephpost.com/posts/5dd45121897d147ad4bb1166

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