# Grain, Fertilizer Transportation: MS River Flooding Prevents Barge Movement - ProAg

> The upper Mississippi remains closed to barges while the Lake Pepin ice is still too thick to break through. High water is also disrupting traffic south to the Gulf, with Locks 16 through 22 expected to close and the Ohio River at Cairo above major flood stage. Grain and fertilizer movements for spring planting are being held up.

- Date: 2019-03-22 · published 2019-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59983-grain-fertilizer-transportation-ms-river-flooding-prevents-barge-movement-proag
- 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

Widespread river closures lift freight costs and delay fertilizer deliveries, while holding grain supplies back from export positions and weighing on Midwest cash prices.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2020-04-20 | [Precision ag softens fertiliser, chemical supply risk - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53564-precision-ag-softens-fertiliser-chemical-supply-risk-grain-central.md) | -1.8% | -19.6% |
| UREA | 2026-09-14 | [Fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz remain near zero](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17416-fertilizer-shipments-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-remain-near-zero.md) | +1.9% | -5.2% |
| UREA | 2021-06-11 | [Fertilizer Markets Boom on Mixed Fundamentals \| Potato Grower Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46906-fertilizer-markets-boom-on-mixed-fundamentals-potato-grower-magazine.md) | +0.2% | -0.0% |
| UREA | 2022-04-04 | [Fertilizer Logistics May Be Challenging \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16722-fertilizer-logistics-may-be-challenging-red-river-farm-network.md) | -8.5% | -27.6% |
| CORN | 2023-11-30 | [Grain Transportation Report, November 30, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33061-grain-transportation-report-november-30-2023.md) | +3.6% | +5.8% |
| CORN | 2025-02-20 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 20, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26235-grain-transportation-report-february-20-2025.md) | -5.1% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2021-02-25 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 25, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48526-grain-transportation-report-february-25-2021.md) | -1.1% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- proag.com: https://www.proag.com/news/grain-fertilizer-transportation-ms-river-flooding-prevents-barge-movement/

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