# Report warns of danger of failing river infrastructure

> Mid-America Freight Coalition research quantifies the danger of failing aging locks and dams along the Mississippi River. The report highlights infrastructure risk to barge transport of farm products.

- Date: 2016-11-01 · published 2016-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73763-report-warns-of-danger-of-failing-river-infrastructure
- 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

Infrastructure failure risk raises long-term barge cost and reliability concerns for grain movement, a factor for basis and freight pricing.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-02-10 | [Opinion: Upper Mississippi River infrastructure finally gets its due](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42890-opinion-upper-mississippi-river-infrastructure-finally-gets-its-due.md) | -0.0% | +11.8% |
| CORN | 2023-01-18 | [Transnet strike places spotlight on state of port infrastructure \| Infrastructure news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37808-transnet-strike-places-spotlight-on-state-of-port-infrastructure-infrastructure.md) | -1.7% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2017-07-13 | [Ukraine pushes grain export infrastructure projects](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69815-ukraine-pushes-grain-export-infrastructure-projects.md) | +0.3% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2019-02-11 | [Some infrastructure gains, but more needed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60486-some-infrastructure-gains-but-more-needed.md) | +1.2% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2021-06-08 | [Supply chain can stretch, break due to crumbling infrastructure - Texas Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46473-supply-chain-can-stretch-break-due-to-crumbling-infrastructure-texas-farm-bureau.md) | -2.0% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2022-02-10 | [Opinion: Upper Mississippi River infrastructure finally gets its due](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42890-opinion-upper-mississippi-river-infrastructure-finally-gets-its-due.md) | -0.5% | +6.6% |
| SOY | 2019-02-11 | [Some infrastructure gains, but more needed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60486-some-infrastructure-gains-but-more-needed.md) | -0.8% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2021-06-08 | [Supply chain can stretch, break due to crumbling infrastructure - Texas Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46473-supply-chain-can-stretch-break-due-to-crumbling-infrastructure-texas-farm-bureau.md) | -5.6% | -12.6% |

## Sources

- iowafarmbureau.com: https://www.iowafarmbureau.com/Article/Report-warns-of-danger-of-failing-river-infrastructure

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