# St. Louis Region’s Agriculture Freight Network Poised for Growth as Handling Capacity Increases Along the Mississippi River - St. Louis Regional Freightway

> The St. Louis region is described as having the highest grain barge handling capacity on the Mississippi, based on a panel discussion held August 10 at America's Central Port. Officials expect the region to handle a growing share of rising corn and soybean freight volumes.

- Date: 2017-08-16 · published 2017-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69340-st-louis-region-s-agriculture-freight-network-poised-for-growth-as-handling
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded river handling capacity in St. Louis can ease bottlenecks and support the efficiency of Midwest grain flows to export. The effect on prices is modest and mainly affects freight and basis over time.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-08-24 | [St. Louis Region’S Agriculture Freight Network Poised](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69628-st-louis-region-s-agriculture-freight-network-poised.md) | -3.1% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2017-09-20 | [St. Louis Region Captures One-Third of the Upper Mississippi River Barge Freight Traffic - St. Louis Regional Freightway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68852-st-louis-region-captures-one-third-of-the-upper-mississippi-river-barge-freight.md) | +0.5% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2022-07-12 | [Inland port network coming to Mississippi River - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16699-inland-port-network-coming-to-mississippi-river-freightwaves.md) | -13.6% | -16.3% |
| CORN | 2017-04-19 | [Proposed Dredging of Mississippi River Would Dramatically Boost Commerce on Inland Waterways - St. Louis Regional Freightway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71395-proposed-dredging-of-mississippi-river-would-dramatically-boost-commerce-on.md) | +1.2% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2017-06-07 | [Agribusiness Angles for Infrastructure Upgrades on U.S. Inland Waterways - St. Louis Regional Freightway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70681-agribusiness-angles-for-infrastructure-upgrades-on-u-s-inland-waterways-st.md) | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| SOY | 2017-08-24 | [St. Louis Region’S Agriculture Freight Network Poised](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69628-st-louis-region-s-agriculture-freight-network-poised.md) | -1.3% | +3.8% |
| SOY | 2017-09-20 | [St. Louis Region Captures One-Third of the Upper Mississippi River Barge Freight Traffic - St. Louis Regional Freightway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68852-st-louis-region-captures-one-third-of-the-upper-mississippi-river-barge-freight.md) | -0.2% | +2.0% |
| SOY | 2022-07-12 | [Inland port network coming to Mississippi River - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16699-inland-port-network-coming-to-mississippi-river-freightwaves.md) | -8.8% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- thefreightway.com: https://www.thefreightway.com/st-louis-regions-agriculture-freight-network-poised-for-growth-as-handling-capacity-increases-along-the-mississippi-river/

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