# WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: High water, closed rives halt barge movement

> The Coast Guard said a roughly five-mile stretch of the Mississippi River near St. Louis would close to vessel traffic once waters exceed 38 feet. The closure would halt barge shipments of grain and fertilizer.

- Date: 2017-05-09 · published 2017-05-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70893-weekly-grain-movement-high-water-closed-rives-halt-barge-movement
- 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

A closure at St. Louis would strand barge grain and fertilizer shipments, lifting barge freight rates and tightening local supply of feed grains while the closure lasts.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-02-06 | [Weekly Grain Movement – Feb. 6, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72372-weekly-grain-movement-feb-6-2017.md) | -0.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-05-02 | [Weekly Grain Movement – May 2, 2017 \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10485-weekly-grain-movement-may-2-2017-farm-progress.md) | -0.6% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 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) | -0.3% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2017-02-28 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Rail problems in the PNW support Gulf corn bids](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72681-weekly-grain-movement-rail-problems-in-the-pnw-support-gulf-corn-bids.md) | +0.9% | -1.1% |
| CORN | 2018-07-01 | [Upper Miss corn barge movements near nine-year high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64417-upper-miss-corn-barge-movements-near-nine-year-high.md) | -0.1% | -0.9% |
| SOY | 2017-02-06 | [Weekly Grain Movement – Feb. 6, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72372-weekly-grain-movement-feb-6-2017.md) | +3.1% | -0.0% |
| SOY | 2017-05-02 | [Weekly Grain Movement – May 2, 2017 \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10485-weekly-grain-movement-may-2-2017-farm-progress.md) | -0.3% | -4.8% |
| SOY | 2020-10-02 | [Barge Rates Decline, Spurring Basis at River Terminals \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50834-barge-rates-decline-spurring-basis-at-river-terminals-feed-and-grain.md) | +2.6% | +2.8% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/grain-market-news/weekly-grain-movement-high-water-closed-rivers-halt-barge-movement

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