# Ag Coast of America Now Has All the Ingredients in Place to Feed the World - St. Louis Regional Freightway

> The St. Louis region's economic development groups are promoting the expanded Ag Coast of America initiative to boost global agriculture production and logistics. The release notes that 50% of U.S. crops and livestock are produced within 500 miles of St. Louis, including about 80% of corn and soybean acreage.

- Date: 2019-10-29 · published 2019-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56460-ag-coast-of-america-now-has-all-the-ingredients-in-place-to-feed-the-world-st
- 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

This is a promotional economic development announcement with no direct supply, demand, or price change, so it has little market impact.

## Sources

- thefreightway.com: https://www.thefreightway.com/ag-coast-of-america-now-has-all-the-ingredients-in-place-to-feed-the-world/

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