# Swollen Rivers Await More Water - The Waterways Journal

> Historic high water and flooding have closed or restricted commercial traffic on large parts of the nation's river systems. Upper Mississippi locks are closed into mid-April or later, and tows on the St. Louis to Cairo stretch are cut in size, with restrictions expected to last until mid-May on the Gulf.

- Date: 2019-04-12 · published 2019-04-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59485-swollen-rivers-await-more-water-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), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Prolonged river closures cut barge capacity for grain and fertilizer through spring, raising freight costs and widening basis in affected regions while delaying export shipments.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- UREA: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-21 | [Low Water And Mississippi River Drafts - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16676-low-water-and-mississippi-river-drafts-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.9% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2022-12-16 | [2022: The Annual Review Of Waterway Events - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38407-2022-the-annual-review-of-waterway-events-the-waterways-journal.md) | +0.7% | +3.0% |
| 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 | 2022-01-14 | [Ice, Low Water Affecting Navigation - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16733-ice-low-water-affecting-navigation-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.1% | +6.0% |
| CORN | 2024-10-25 | [Low Water 'Three-peats' On Upper, Middle Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16499-low-water-three-peats-on-upper-middle-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | -1.7% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2022-10-21 | [Low Water And Mississippi River Drafts - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16676-low-water-and-mississippi-river-drafts-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.7% | +1.8% |
| SOY | 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) | -2.3% | -3.7% |
| SOY | 2022-01-14 | [Ice, Low Water Affecting Navigation - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16733-ice-low-water-affecting-navigation-the-waterways-journal.md) | +3.6% | +15.9% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2019/04/12/swollen-rivers-await-more-water/

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