# Missouri River Flooding Didn’t Just Damage Farms, It Impacted The Global Supply Chain | STLPR

> Missouri River flooding in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas has closed interstates, rerouted trains and washed out rural roads and bridges. Near-record winter snowfall followed by heavy rain is also slowing barge traffic on the Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio rivers. Damage estimates run into the billions.

- Date: 2019-03-27 · published 2019-03-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60294-missouri-river-flooding-didn-t-just-damage-farms-it-impacted-the-global-supply
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Disrupted rail and road access and slower barges limit how much grain and livestock can reach markets, lowering local cash bids in affected areas while boosting transport costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2019-06-16 | [Flooding Slows Business And Barges Along The River \| STLPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58791-flooding-slows-business-and-barges-along-the-river-stlpr.md) | -0.8% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2023-09-07 | [Barge rates pressured by low Mississippi River water levels \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34291-barge-rates-pressured-by-low-mississippi-river-water-levels-supply-chain-dive.md) | -1.2% | -6.8% |
| CORN | 2022-11-04 | [Decade-low water levels on Mississippi River slow barges, disrupt food supply chain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10335-decade-low-water-levels-on-mississippi-river-slow-barges-disrupt-food-supply.md) | -0.9% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 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) | +0.5% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- stlpr.org: https://www.stlpr.org/2019-03-27/missouri-river-flooding-didnt-just-damage-farms-it-impacted-the-global-supply-chain

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