St. Louis is promoting its multimodal freight network, highlighting its grain handling capacity along a 15-mile Mississippi River stretch. Over $200 million has been invested in agricultural barge transfer facilities since 2005.
The region's ports and terminals capture about one-third of Mississippi freight traffic.
Efficient river grain handling at St. Louis supports Midwest grain flows and barge freight costs, which feed into local corn and soybean basis. The piece is promotional with no new supply or price shock.
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