# US Rivers Under Siege

> Severe flooding in the central US has devastated river towns and farmland and caused over a dozen deaths. The U.S. Coast Guard closed a 76-mile stretch of the Mississippi between Chester and Cairo, Illinois, halting most agricultural barge traffic on nearly all river segments.

- Date: 2017-05-08 · published 2017-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70891-us-rivers-under-siege
- 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

Halted barge traffic blocks grain movement to Gulf export terminals, widening Gulf basis and raising freight costs while pressuring local cash prices for corn and soybeans.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-10-10 | [Excessive Rain Disrupts US River Barge Shipping](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62422-excessive-rain-disrupts-us-river-barge-shipping.md) | +4.0% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2019-10-30 | [Farmers Hope For River System Improvements](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56465-farmers-hope-for-river-system-improvements.md) | +2.1% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2018-02-23 | [Flooding cripples grain barge shipments on U.S. Midwest rivers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66386-flooding-cripples-grain-barge-shipments-on-u-s-midwest-rivers.md) | +1.9% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2019-01-14 | [VOA标准英语2012--US Army Corps of Engineers Works to Avert Crisis on Mississippi River-英语课](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60989-voa-2012-us-army-corps-of-engineers-works-to-avert-crisis-on-mississippi-river.md) | +0.5% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2022-09-29 | [Soybeans strengthen on river worries – The Seam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39655-soybeans-strengthen-on-river-worries-the-seam.md) | +1.7% | +4.0% |
| SOY | 2018-10-10 | [Excessive Rain Disrupts US River Barge Shipping](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62422-excessive-rain-disrupts-us-river-barge-shipping.md) | +2.5% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2019-03-09 | [Portland, OR: Columbia River Grain Cargo Workers Under Attack \| It's Going Down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60125-portland-or-columbia-river-grain-cargo-workers-under-attack-it-s-going-down.md) | +2.9% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2019-10-30 | [Farmers Hope For River System Improvements](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56465-farmers-hope-for-river-system-improvements.md) | +0.4% | -3.7% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/market-matters-blog/blog-post/2017/05/08/us-rivers-siege

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