# On-Farm Storage - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

> An Idaho Ag Today commentary argues that on-farm grain storage lets producers avoid forced sales at harvest lows. It recalls the 2017 season, when low Mississippi River levels cut barge traffic, spiked barge rates to two or three times normal, and left buyers with wide basis. Storage-holding farmers can now benefit from an attractive carry market and forward contract.

- Date: 2018-08-08 · published 2018-08-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63445-on-farm-storage-ag-information-network-of-the-west
- 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

The piece is general advice rather than a new supply or demand event, so it has little direct price effect. It does highlight that basis and barge costs can widen sharply when river logistics fail at harvest.

## Sources

- aginfo.net: https://www.aginfo.net/report/40585/Idaho-Ag-Today/On-Farm-Storage

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