# SIMCO Grain Terminal Progresses Near New Bridge Site - The Waterways Journal

> SIMCO, owned by Greg Dolbeare, is developing a 65-acre site in Pike County, Illinois, for a grain elevator and barge-loading terminal on the Mississippi after receiving final permits. The planned facility will have six 200,000-bushel silos and total capacity of 1.2 million bushels, mostly corn and soybeans.

- Date: 2018-04-23 · published 2018-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65380-simco-grain-terminal-progresses-near-new-bridge-site-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

New barge-loading capacity adds handling options for Illinois grain, but at this stage it is a small, long-term infrastructure development with negligible near-term price impact.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-04-20 | [ARTCO Plans New Barge Fleeting Area - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53515-artco-plans-new-barge-fleeting-area-the-waterways-journal.md) | -2.0% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2026-10-23 | [Mississippi River Grain Freight Rates Fall - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16331-mississippi-river-grain-freight-rates-fall-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.6% | — |
| CORN | 2020-09-25 | [Grain Barging Returns To Upper Missouri With New Blencoe Facility - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51000-grain-barging-returns-to-upper-missouri-with-new-blencoe-facility-the-waterways.md) | +3.9% | +8.6% |
| CORN | 2019-09-19 | [Grounding Temporarily Closes Lower Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56943-grounding-temporarily-closes-lower-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.3% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2017-12-11 | [Pere Marquette Last Vessel Out Of St. Paul - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67373-pere-marquette-last-vessel-out-of-st-paul-the-waterways-journal.md) | +4.7% | +5.7% |
| SOY | 2020-04-20 | [ARTCO Plans New Barge Fleeting Area - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53515-artco-plans-new-barge-fleeting-area-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.0% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2020-09-25 | [Grain Barging Returns To Upper Missouri With New Blencoe Facility - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51000-grain-barging-returns-to-upper-missouri-with-new-blencoe-facility-the-waterways.md) | +2.3% | +7.4% |
| SOY | 2019-09-19 | [Grounding Temporarily Closes Lower Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56943-grounding-temporarily-closes-lower-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | +0.1% | +4.4% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2018/04/23/simco-grain-terminal-progresses-near-new-bridge-site/

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