# Farm Aid for Flooding and Dairy Prices Up Again - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

> Farm Rescue is launching Operation Hay Lift to deliver donated hay to Nebraska ranchers after widespread flooding. Nebraska farm and ranch losses could reach $1 billion. Analysts say ethanol plants are partly offline or damaged, and grain storage losses and Mississippi River shipping disruption are unknown.

- Date: 2019-04-03 · published 2019-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8733-farm-aid-for-flooding-and-dairy-prices-up-again-ag-information-network-of-the
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Flooding that disrupts ethanol output and grain storage tightens local feed supply and can lift corn prices. Barge shipping delays on the Mississippi add to logistics costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-08-20 | [Cattle Prices Pt 1 - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10057-cattle-prices-pt-1-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | +0.4% | -6.4% |
| CORN | 2024-06-25 | [A Tale Of Two Crops: Farmers Struggle Against Flooding And Drought - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13178-a-tale-of-two-crops-farmers-struggle-against-flooding-and-drought-agweb.md) | -4.9% | -2.5% |
| CORN | 2020-07-27 | [A Few Dry Pockets Being Watched in U.S. Crop Production \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51961-a-few-dry-pockets-being-watched-in-u-s-crop-production-red-river-farm-network.md) | -1.6% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2018-05-29 | [Wheat prices are rising because of the hot and dry weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65065-wheat-prices-are-rising-because-of-the-hot-and-dry-weather.md) | -3.7% | -9.3% |
| CORN | 2020-08-07 | [Deforestation in the Amazon is drying up the rest of Brazil: Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51443-deforestation-in-the-amazon-is-drying-up-the-rest-of-brazil-report.md) | +3.4% | +7.8% |

## Sources

- aginfo.net: https://www.aginfo.net/report/42480/The-Agribusiness-Update/Farm-Aid-for-Flooding-and-Dairy-Prices-Up-Again

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