# Mixed emotions as Upper Mississippi River reopens to barges

> The Army Corps of Engineers partially reopened the Upper Mississippi to barge traffic on June 27. Iowa farmers say the slow recovery is delaying their income, and some have not been able to plant because fertilizer arrives by barge. A Rock Island terminal reported only about a dozen barges had moved since mid-March, against normally one or two per day.

- Date: 2019-06-27 · published 2019-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58498-mixed-emotions-as-upper-mississippi-river-reopens-to-barges
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed fertilizer deliveries could cut planted acreage and raise input costs, while stored grain waiting for barges adds to local supply and pressures farm-gate basis.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-04-19 | [Barge operations to stop as Mississippi rises increasing costs to farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16636-barge-operations-to-stop-as-mississippi-rises-increasing-costs-to-farmers.md) | +2.3% | +6.8% |
| UREA | 2023-04-27 | [Flooding on Upper Mississippi River to halt barge traffic for weeks, USDA says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16633-flooding-on-upper-mississippi-river-to-halt-barge-traffic-for-weeks-usda-says.md) | +3.6% | +3.9% |
| UREA | 2022-10-07 | [Grain Shippers Slowed by Mississippi River Drought Also Race Against Winter - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16674-grain-shippers-slowed-by-mississippi-river-drought-also-race-against-winter.md) | -1.2% | -13.5% |
| UREA | 2023-04-28 | [Flooding Impacts Upper Mississippi Barge Traffic, as “Corn Hit its Lowest in Nine Months” \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16638-flooding-impacts-upper-mississippi-barge-traffic-as-corn-hit-its-lowest-in-nine.md) | -0.7% | +2.8% |
| UREA | 2022-12-22 | [Mississippi and Ohio Rivers Hit Rock Bottom in Fall 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16668-mississippi-and-ohio-rivers-hit-rock-bottom-in-fall-2022.md) | -1.7% | -11.8% |
| CORN | 2016-11-21 | [Mississippi River Reopened after Barge Breakaway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73762-mississippi-river-reopened-after-barge-breakaway.md) | -0.1% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2021-05-13 | [U.S. barge backup worsens as Mississippi River shut near Memphis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46997-u-s-barge-backup-worsens-as-mississippi-river-shut-near-memphis.md) | -7.7% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2025-01-24 | [ACBL issues upper Mississippi River reopening plan \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16479-acbl-issues-upper-mississippi-river-reopening-plan-latest-market-news.md) | -0.2% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- kcci.com: https://www.kcci.com/article/mixed-emotions-as-upper-mississippi-river-reopens-to-barges/28212396

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