# River Freight Cost Pressuring Grain Prices | 680 KFEQ

> Delays on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers have created a grain shipping backlog, with freight costs to Gulf Coast export terminals near record highs. Cash premiums on soybeans at river terminals have fallen to their lowest level since 2011, and an Ohio lock closure has left 65 towboats waiting to pass.

- Date: 2017-10-04 · published 2017-10-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68667-river-freight-cost-pressuring-grain-prices-680-kfeq
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Expensive and delayed river freight lowers the price that barge-dependent grain can fetch at inland terminals, while high soybean stocks and record corn supplies weigh on prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-09-25 | [Restrictions, Freight Costs Pressure Grain Movement on the Mississippi River - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16424-restrictions-freight-costs-pressure-grain-movement-on-the-mississippi-river-rfd.md) | +0.4% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2025-12-04 | [Ocean Freight Rates Rise as Grain Shipping Pressures Build - RFD-TV](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16896-ocean-freight-rates-rise-as-grain-shipping-pressures-build-rfd-tv.md) | -2.2% | -7.7% |
| SOY | 2017-10-03 | [Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7541-soaring-river-freight-hits-u-s-farmers-grainews.md) | +1.0% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2026-10-22 | [Rising Ocean Freight Raises Costs for U.S. Grain - RFD-TV](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17245-rising-ocean-freight-raises-costs-for-u-s-grain-rfd-tv.md) | -2.3% | — |
| SOY | 2022-09-30 | [Low River Levels, Soaring Barge Freight Curb U.S. Grain Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16682-low-river-levels-soaring-barge-freight-curb-u-s-grain-exports.md) | -3.7% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2025-09-25 | [Restrictions, Freight Costs Pressure Grain Movement on the Mississippi River - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16424-restrictions-freight-costs-pressure-grain-movement-on-the-mississippi-river-rfd.md) | -2.5% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2025-12-04 | [Ocean Freight Rates Rise as Grain Shipping Pressures Build - RFD-TV](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16896-ocean-freight-rates-rise-as-grain-shipping-pressures-build-rfd-tv.md) | +0.4% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2017-10-03 | [Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7541-soaring-river-freight-hits-u-s-farmers-grainews.md) | -0.7% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- 680kfeq.com: https://www.680kfeq.com/2017/10/04/river-freight-cost-pressuring-grain-prices/

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