# Low water inspection meeting Friday | St. Mary Now

> The Mississippi River Commission began its annual low water inspection trip and scheduled a public meeting aboard the MV Mississippi at Morgan City. Other public meetings were held in Caruthersville, Memphis and Vicksburg. The commission covers the river from Lake Itasca to Head of Passes.

- Date: 2018-08-22 · published 2018-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63450-low-water-inspection-meeting-friday-st-mary-now
- 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 inspection is a routine public consultation on river infrastructure and does not itself change grain flows. It can signal future work on navigation problems that affect barge freight costs.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-07-31 | [MRC to meet Aug. 7 as part of low-water inspection trip](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69860-mrc-to-meet-aug-7-as-part-of-low-water-inspection-trip.md) | -1.3% | -8.0% |
| 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 | 2026-07-10 | [2026 MRC Low Water Inspection Tip – Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, INC.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16348-2026-mrc-low-water-inspection-tip-inland-rivers-ports-and-terminals-inc.md) | +0.6% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2017-07-18 | [Mississippi River Commission schedules low-water inspection trip > St. Louis District > News Releases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69856-mississippi-river-commission-schedules-low-water-inspection-trip-st-louis.md) | +0.4% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2019-08-27 | [Miss. River Commission's Low Water Inspection Tour visits Vicksburg - Healthy Gulf](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57488-miss-river-commission-s-low-water-inspection-tour-visits-vicksburg-healthy-gulf.md) | -0.2% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2017-07-31 | [MRC to meet Aug. 7 as part of low-water inspection trip](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69860-mrc-to-meet-aug-7-as-part-of-low-water-inspection-trip.md) | -5.1% | -6.2% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 2026-07-10 | [2026 MRC Low Water Inspection Tip – Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, INC.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16348-2026-mrc-low-water-inspection-tip-inland-rivers-ports-and-terminals-inc.md) | -0.1% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- stmarynow.com: https://www.stmarynow.com/news-local/low-water-inspection-meeting-friday

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