# Food Movers: Lock, Stock and Barges - Food+City

> A Food+City feature describes hopper barges and lock systems that move Midwestern grain down the Mississippi from farms to ports. It is largely background on barge operations.

- Date: 2017-11-07 · published 2017-11-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67874-food-movers-lock-stock-and-barges-food-city
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

It reinforces the role of barge logistics in grain export costs but gives no new supply, demand or price development.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- foodandcity.org: https://foodandcity.org/food-movers-lock-stock-barges/

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