# Barge tour provides look at aging lock - Brownfield Ag News

> Iowa and Illinois corn growers and a US senator toured Lock and Dam 15 on the Mississippi, which is 80 years old. Officials said the lock needs upgrades and that lock capacity needs to double, and farmers want funding to arrive in time.

- Date: 2017-08-04 · published 2017-08-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69341-barge-tour-provides-look-at-aging-lock-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Aging locks that could fail would cause shipping delays and higher barge costs for the roughly 60% of exportable US corn and soybeans that move on the Mississippi. Such risks support barge freight rates and Midwest basis.

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- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/barge-tour-provides-look-aging-lock/

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