# Representatives Push to Keep Mississippi River Operational - Dredging Today

> US Representatives McCollum, Craig and Kind wrote to the Office of Management and Budget asking it to release $100 million for the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Mississippi after spring flooding. The funds were approved in June but have not been disbursed.

- Date: 2019-09-19 · published 2019-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56946-representatives-push-to-keep-mississippi-river-operational-dredging-today
- 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

Delayed dredging raises the risk of further navigation restrictions on the river that carries a large share of US grain exports, which could widen export basis and raise freight costs.

## Read by commodity

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

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| SOY | 2023-01-13 | [12 American Soybean Association representatives testify at EPA public hearing on RFS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15343-12-american-soybean-association-representatives-testify-at-epa-public-hearing.md) | -1.5% | +0.8% |
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| SOY | 2019-07-25 | [European Commission takes action to tackle commodity-driven deforestation, but falls short of committing to stronger regulation and market incentives - Forest Trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58113-european-commission-takes-action-to-tackle-commodity-driven-deforestation-but.md) | -3.0% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- dredgingtoday.com: https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2019/09/19/representatives-push-to-keep-mississippi-river-operational/

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