# Hickman Riverport > KET

> The Hickman Riverport on the Mississippi in Kentucky is described as a busy harvest-season hub, handling hundreds of farm trucks daily with corn, beans and wheat. Officials say dredging funding is needed to keep the harbor open.

- Date: 2017-02-23 · published 2017-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72371-hickman-riverport-ket
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

This is a local feature with no new supply or price shock; dredging shutdowns would constrain barge loading of grain, a long-running but slow-moving logistics risk.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-03-03 | [Osceola River Port now open](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65888-osceola-river-port-now-open.md) | +1.0% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2022-08-04 | [ISA meeting highlights importance of river transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16692-isa-meeting-highlights-importance-of-river-transportation.md) | +2.7% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2023-09-29 | [Mississippi River Near Historic Lows, Grain Exports at Risk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16603-mississippi-river-near-historic-lows-grain-exports-at-risk.md) | +1.9% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2017-05-08 | [US Rivers Under Siege](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70891-us-rivers-under-siege.md) | +1.5% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2016-11-01 | [Report warns of danger of failing river infrastructure](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73763-report-warns-of-danger-of-failing-river-infrastructure.md) | +1.9% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2018-03-03 | [Osceola River Port now open](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65888-osceola-river-port-now-open.md) | -3.0% | -2.4% |
| SOY | 2024-11-14 | [Mississippi River levels lift export opportunity](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16491-mississippi-river-levels-lift-export-opportunity.md) | -1.4% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2022-08-04 | [ISA meeting highlights importance of river transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16692-isa-meeting-highlights-importance-of-river-transportation.md) | +8.4% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- ket.org: https://ket.org/hickman-riverport/

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