# WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Rising water slows Mississippi River shipping

> Rising water on the Mississippi River has forced some river elevators to suspend barge loadings, with National Weather Service projections showing moderate to major flood levels between Quad Cities and St. Louis. Closure of ADM's loading facility at Ama, Louisiana after an accident will shift vessel loadings to three other Louisiana facilities.

- Date: 2017-05-30 · published 2017-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70890-weekly-grain-movement-rising-water-slows-mississippi-river-shipping
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Slower barge loadings constrain the flow of corn and soybeans to the Gulf, but light Gulf demand limits near-term supply shortages, so the price effect is modest and mainly affects basis and freight.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-06-07 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: River market improves as water levels drop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70373-weekly-grain-movement-river-market-improves-as-water-levels-drop.md) | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2025-10-01 | [Low Mississippi River Levels Pressure Grain Barge Movement - RFD-TV](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16421-low-mississippi-river-levels-pressure-grain-barge-movement-rfd-tv.md) | +1.4% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2017-05-30 | [Weekly Grain Movement - May 30, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70892-weekly-grain-movement-may-30-2017.md) | -0.2% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2017-03-06 | [Weekly Grain Movement – March 6, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71890-weekly-grain-movement-march-6-2017.md) | -3.8% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2023-05-26 | [Grain Shipment Disruptions from Mississippi Flooding](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16630-grain-shipment-disruptions-from-mississippi-flooding.md) | -4.9% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2017-06-07 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: River market improves as water levels drop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70373-weekly-grain-movement-river-market-improves-as-water-levels-drop.md) | +1.0% | +5.7% |
| SOY | 2017-05-30 | [Weekly Grain Movement - May 30, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70892-weekly-grain-movement-may-30-2017.md) | -0.5% | -2.1% |
| SOY | 2017-03-06 | [Weekly Grain Movement – March 6, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71890-weekly-grain-movement-march-6-2017.md) | -3.0% | -7.9% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/grain-market-news/weekly-grain-movement-rising-water-slows-mississippi-river-shipping

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