# US River System Still Not Flowing Smoothly Amid Fall Harvest

> Shipments of new-crop soybeans toward the Gulf remain slowed by low water in some areas, high water in others, and service issues. The Ohio River at Lock and Dam 52 reopened October 16 after nearly a week closed, leaving a backlog of nearly 60 vessels and over 650 barges, following a separate Lock 53 closure on October 2.

- Date: 2017-10-23 · published 2017-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68348-us-river-system-still-not-flowing-smoothly-amid-fall-harvest
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Repeated lock outages create queues that delay soybean movement to export terminals, supporting barge freight and keeping harvest-time soybean basis weak as supplies build inland.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2017-10-02 | [Bad Timing: River Levels Falling, Barges Stall Ahead of Harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68349-bad-timing-river-levels-falling-barges-stall-ahead-of-harvest.md) | +0.4% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2024-10-16 | [As Harvest Ramps Up, the Lower Mississippi River Is Falling Again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16504-as-harvest-ramps-up-the-lower-mississippi-river-is-falling-again.md) | +0.1% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2024-09-10 | [Lower Mississippi River Water Levels Falling Just as Fall Harvest Begins](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16510-lower-mississippi-river-water-levels-falling-just-as-fall-harvest-begins.md) | +0.5% | +3.4% |
| SOY | 2024-10-28 | [Mississippi River at Memphis is Still Falling With Not Much Relief in Sight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16505-mississippi-river-at-memphis-is-still-falling-with-not-much-relief-in-sight.md) | -0.5% | -0.4% |
| SOY | 2019-02-25 | [Flooding Slowing Traffic on U.S. Rivers and It's Not Even Spring Yet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60484-flooding-slowing-traffic-on-u-s-rivers-and-it-s-not-even-spring-yet.md) | -1.2% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/market-matters-blog/blog-post/2017/10/23/us-river-system-still-flowing-amid

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