# WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Mississippi River navigation returns to normal

> Barge loading resumed on the Mississippi River at the Quad Cities after navigation near St. Louis restarted as flood waters receded. New grain sales were light because of limited supplies, and farmers were focused on planting. Corn planting was ahead of average in Iowa and Illinois.

- Date: 2017-05-11 · published 2017-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8491-weekly-grain-movement-mississippi-river-navigation-returns-to-normal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Restored river navigation should ease barge freight costs and reduce logistics bottlenecks for grain moving down the Mississippi.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/market_perspectives/market-perspectives-may-11-2017/9/
- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/grain-market-news/weekly-grain-movement-mississippi-river-navigation-returns-to-normal

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