# Opening Day on UMR; First Barge of 2017 Reaches St. Paul, Minnesota

> The first barge of the 2017 season reached St. Paul on March 10 after an early ice-out on Lake Pepin. The early opening of the Upper Mississippi grain shipping season gives shippers another downriver route.

- Date: 2017-03-13 · published 2017-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71893-opening-day-on-umr-first-barge-of-2017-reaches-st-paul-minnesota
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

An earlier start to river shipping adds capacity and competition for barge freight, which can lower transport costs for grain and feed moving on the upper river.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/AG/blogs/market-matters-blog/blog-post/2017/03/13/opening-day-umr-first-barge-2017-st

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