# High Water Impedes Barge Movement | Red River Farm Network

> Only two Mississippi River locks reported grain barge traffic in the latest reporting week. Year-to-date grain shipments are down nearly 30 percent from the three-year average, and spot barge rates for export grain have fallen for three weeks as shippers avoid high water.

- Date: 2019-04-19 · published 2019-04-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59481-high-water-impedes-barge-movement-red-river-farm-network
- 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

Lower barge demand signals reduced river movement of grain, which weakens Gulf export basis and pressures interior cash prices, though falling barge rates reflect the lack of traffic rather than a rise in capacity.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-04-04 | [Barge Movement is Still a Mess \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59483-barge-movement-is-still-a-mess-red-river-farm-network.md) | -1.1% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2024-12-06 | [River Restrictions \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16487-river-restrictions-red-river-farm-network.md) | +2.8% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2019-03-25 | [Flooding Impacts Corn Demand \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9646-flooding-impacts-corn-demand-red-river-farm-network.md) | -5.0% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2022-10-25 | [Relief still far off for low Mississippi River, hindering barge movement - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39336-relief-still-far-off-for-low-mississippi-river-hindering-barge-movement.md) | -1.4% | -2.7% |
| CORN | 2023-09-21 | [Barge loads reduced as low water impacts Mississippi River \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16605-barge-loads-reduced-as-low-water-impacts-mississippi-river-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.2% | +0.5% |
| SOY | 2019-04-04 | [Barge Movement is Still a Mess \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59483-barge-movement-is-still-a-mess-red-river-farm-network.md) | +0.4% | -7.6% |
| SOY | 2024-12-06 | [River Restrictions \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16487-river-restrictions-red-river-farm-network.md) | +0.2% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2022-10-25 | [Relief still far off for low Mississippi River, hindering barge movement - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39336-relief-still-far-off-for-low-mississippi-river-hindering-barge-movement.md) | +2.6% | +4.7% |

## Sources

- rrfn.com: https://www.rrfn.com/2019/04/19/high-water-impedes-barge-movement/

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