# Mississippi River likely to close at St. Louis as waters rise: Coast Guard

> Traffic on the Mississippi was shut down between Chester and Cairo, Illinois, halting business at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority. Grain sellers can still do limited business, and rail connections to Union Pacific and BNSF are also halted, with reopening hoped for May 9 or 10.

- Date: 2017-05-01 · published 2017-05-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70894-mississippi-river-likely-to-close-at-st-louis-as-waters-rise-coast-guard
- 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

Stoppage at a regional port delays grain movements and storage turnover, adding to the logistics squeeze that widens basis and freight costs for feed grains in the region.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-01-20 | [Army Corps to spend $732M on Mississippi River lock upgrade \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16740-army-corps-to-spend-732m-on-mississippi-river-lock-upgrade-ap-news.md) | +1.6% | +6.7% |
| 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 | 2025-12-04 | [Mississippi River Crisis Threatens U.S. Grain Exports and Farm Logistics - Agrolatam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16404-mississippi-river-crisis-threatens-u-s-grain-exports-and-farm-logistics.md) | +0.4% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2021-09-02 | [Hurricane Ida Leaves Lower Mississippi River Largely Shut Down as Damage Reports Come In](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45093-hurricane-ida-leaves-lower-mississippi-river-largely-shut-down-as-damage.md) | -3.0% | -5.5% |
| CORN | 2020-08-06 | [Deepening Lower Mississippi River \| Iowa Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51507-deepening-lower-mississippi-river-iowa-soybean-association.md) | +1.4% | +8.8% |
| SOY | 2022-01-20 | [Army Corps to spend $732M on Mississippi River lock upgrade \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16740-army-corps-to-spend-732m-on-mississippi-river-lock-upgrade-ap-news.md) | +3.5% | +14.1% |
| SOY | 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) | +1.9% | +0.6% |
| SOY | 2025-12-04 | [Mississippi River Crisis Threatens U.S. Grain Exports and Farm Logistics - Agrolatam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16404-mississippi-river-crisis-threatens-u-s-grain-exports-and-farm-logistics.md) | -2.2% | -7.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/business/environment/mississippi-river-likely-to-close-at-st-louis-as-waters-rise-coast-guard-idUSL1N1I31HQ/

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