# Harvest Season Could Be Subdued For Barges - The Waterways Journal

> Informa Economics' Ken Eriksen expects a very short barge harvest season this year without the usual freight rate spikes, as barge capacity is ample and grain volumes are low. He estimated the 2019 corn crop at 1.815 billion bushels and soybeans at 1.6 billion, with farmers holding record stored soybeans.

- Date: 2019-10-25 · published 2019-10-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56459-harvest-season-could-be-subdued-for-barges-the-waterways-journal
- 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

Ample barge capacity and weak grain volumes point to subdued barge freight rates, while large farmer stocks and limited trade flows keep pressure on grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-03-21 | [Spring Forward: What's On The Horizon For The Barge Market? - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16461-spring-forward-what-s-on-the-horizon-for-the-barge-market-the-waterways-journal.md) | -4.7% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2023-08-25 | [Low Water Continues For Middle Mississippi - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16608-low-water-continues-for-middle-mississippi-the-waterways-journal.md) | -2.2% | -9.0% |
| CORN | 2023-12-01 | [Projections Call For Rapid Fall In River Levels At St. Louis - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32914-projections-call-for-rapid-fall-in-river-levels-at-st-louis-the-waterways.md) | +2.4% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2019-04-12 | [Swollen Rivers Await More Water - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59485-swollen-rivers-await-more-water-the-waterways-journal.md) | +1.1% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2024-10-25 | [Horizons: Low Water Equals Rising Freight Rates - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16501-horizons-low-water-equals-rising-freight-rates-the-waterways-journal.md) | -1.7% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2021-10-01 | [Harvest Shipping Faces Logistics Challenges - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44432-harvest-shipping-faces-logistics-challenges-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.7% | -1.8% |
| SOY | 2025-03-21 | [Spring Forward: What's On The Horizon For The Barge Market? - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16461-spring-forward-what-s-on-the-horizon-for-the-barge-market-the-waterways-journal.md) | +0.4% | +2.3% |
| SOY | 2023-08-25 | [Low Water Continues For Middle Mississippi - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16608-low-water-continues-for-middle-mississippi-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.4% | -5.1% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2019/10/25/harvest-season-could-be-subdued-for-barges/

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