# Weekly Grain Movement - May 30, 2017

> Rising water has forced some river elevators to suspend barge loadings on the Mississippi, with moderate to major flood levels forecast from Quad Cities to St. Louis. ADM's Ama, Louisiana loading facility closure after an accident will shift loadings to other Louisiana plants.

- Date: 2017-05-30 · published 2017-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70892-weekly-grain-movement-may-30-2017
- 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

Barge suspensions and reduced capacity raise logistics costs, but weak Gulf demand for corn and soybeans limits the price impact on the feed grain complex.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2017-06-19 | [Weekly Grain Movement – June 19, 2017 \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70374-weekly-grain-movement-june-19-2017-farm-progress.md) | -5.4% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2017-05-30 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Rising water slows Mississippi River shipping](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70890-weekly-grain-movement-rising-water-slows-mississippi-river-shipping.md) | -0.2% | -3.5% |
| 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 | 2019-05-16 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 16, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58978-grain-transportation-report-may-16-2019.md) | +4.0% | +9.8% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 2017-06-13 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Gulf needs corn, processors do not](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70375-weekly-grain-movement-gulf-needs-corn-processors-do-not.md) | +0.7% | +10.1% |
| SOY | 2017-05-30 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Rising water slows Mississippi River shipping](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70890-weekly-grain-movement-rising-water-slows-mississippi-river-shipping.md) | -0.5% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/weekly-grain-movement-may-30-2017

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