# St. Louis Region’S Agriculture Freight Network Poised

> A panel at America's Central Port in Granite City, Illinois, highlighted the St. Louis region's role as the highest-capacity grain barge handling area on the Mississippi River. Speakers said river freight in the region has grown disproportionately over three decades and that infrastructure investment will be needed to handle expected increases in corn and soybean freight volume.

- Date: 2017-08-24 · published 2017-08-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69628-st-louis-region-s-agriculture-freight-network-poised
- 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

Barge handling capacity at St. Louis affects the cost and availability of moving corn and soybeans to Gulf export, which feeds into barge freight rates and local feed grain basis levels.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-06-02 | [Port of South Louisiana & Waterways Council Inc say U.S. infrastructure upgrades vital \| Air Freight News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16708-port-of-south-louisiana-and-waterways-council-inc-say-u-s-infrastructure.md) | +4.8% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2020-05-12 | [St. Louis regional ports claim No. 2 spot for total tonnage – Illinois Business Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53017-st-louis-regional-ports-claim-no-2-spot-for-total-tonnage-illinois-business.md) | +0.6% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2025-11-26 | [Sea freight rates remain mostly stable - ProAgro Group Leader of the Ukrainian market of agricultural business events](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14163-sea-freight-rates-remain-mostly-stable-proagro-group-leader-of-the-ukrainian.md) | +1.3% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2017-07-07 | [Panama Mission focuses on logistics and freight reduction - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69843-panama-mission-focuses-on-logistics-and-freight-reduction-revista-cultivar.md) | -4.4% | -3.6% |
| CORN | 2021-03-19 | [Barge Operations Open Up as Spring Begins \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48007-barge-operations-open-up-as-spring-begins-red-river-farm-network.md) | +11.4% | +14.1% |
| SOY | 2020-05-12 | [St. Louis regional ports claim No. 2 spot for total tonnage – Illinois Business Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53017-st-louis-regional-ports-claim-no-2-spot-for-total-tonnage-illinois-business.md) | -0.9% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2017-07-07 | [Panama Mission focuses on logistics and freight reduction - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69843-panama-mission-focuses-on-logistics-and-freight-reduction-revista-cultivar.md) | -0.8% | -3.1% |
| SOY | 2021-03-19 | [Barge Operations Open Up as Spring Begins \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48007-barge-operations-open-up-as-spring-begins-red-river-farm-network.md) | +1.6% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- marinelink.com: https://www.marinelink.com/news/agriculture-regions428720

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