# Agribusiness Angles for Infrastructure Upgrades on U.S. Inland Waterways - St. Louis Regional Freightway

> A Wall Street Journal piece, republished by the St. Louis Regional Freightway, reports that most U.S. locks and dams have outlived their 50-year design lives. Breakdowns add costs for grain exporters including Cargill, ADM and Bunge, since the river system moves nearly three-quarters of export-bound U.S. grain.

- Date: 2017-06-07 · published 2017-06-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70681-agribusiness-angles-for-infrastructure-upgrades-on-u-s-inland-waterways-st
- 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

Unreliable river infrastructure raises transport costs and can shift grain to rail, tightening Gulf export competitiveness and weighing on interior prices.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-11-01 | [America's Waterways, An Important Part of Ag Infrastructure, Need Repairs - Southeast AgNET](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67877-america-s-waterways-an-important-part-of-ag-infrastructure-need-repairs.md) | -3.2% | -4.8% |
| CORN | 2023-12-01 | [Projections Call For Rapid Fall In River Levels At St. Louis - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32914-projections-call-for-rapid-fall-in-river-levels-at-st-louis-the-waterways.md) | +2.4% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2021-11-08 | [Inland Waterways: A Crucible Of Issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16748-inland-waterways-a-crucible-of-issues.md) | +5.9% | +8.0% |
| CORN | 2024-10-25 | [Horizons: Low Water Equals Rising Freight Rates - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16501-horizons-low-water-equals-rising-freight-rates-the-waterways-journal.md) | -1.7% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2024-04-23 | [Analysts note decline in freight rates for grain transportation from Danube ports, Odessa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30937-analysts-note-decline-in-freight-rates-for-grain-transportation-from-danube.md) | -0.1% | +4.1% |
| SOY | 2017-11-01 | [America's Waterways, An Important Part of Ag Infrastructure, Need Repairs - Southeast AgNET](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67877-america-s-waterways-an-important-part-of-ag-infrastructure-need-repairs.md) | +1.3% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2023-12-01 | [Projections Call For Rapid Fall In River Levels At St. Louis - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32914-projections-call-for-rapid-fall-in-river-levels-at-st-louis-the-waterways.md) | -2.3% | -3.7% |
| SOY | 2021-11-08 | [Inland Waterways: A Crucible Of Issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16748-inland-waterways-a-crucible-of-issues.md) | +3.5% | +5.8% |

## Sources

- thefreightway.com: https://www.thefreightway.com/agribusiness-angles-for-infrastructure-upgrades-on-u-s-inland-waterways-president-donald-trumps-focus-on-infrastructure-this-week-highlights-how-deteriorating-river-systems-are-making-it-mo/

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