# Flooding Impacts Corn Demand | Red River Farm Network

> China bought about 300,000 tonnes of corn on Friday. Flooding and freight delays have shut or cut production at about one-sixth of US ethanol plants, which reduces corn and distillers grains demand.

- Date: 2019-03-25 · published 2019-03-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9646-flooding-impacts-corn-demand-red-river-farm-network
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower ethanol output cuts domestic corn grind and reduces DDGS supply to feed buyers, which weighs on corn and DDGS prices despite Chinese buying.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-03-25 | 1 | -1.7% | -3.6 | Published 2019-03-25, it reports flooding and freight delays idling or cutting about one-sixth of US ethanol plants, which lowers corn grind demand and plausibly drove the drop. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-12-06 | [River Restrictions \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16487-river-restrictions-red-river-farm-network.md) | +2.8% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2019-04-19 | [High Water Impedes Barge Movement \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59481-high-water-impedes-barge-movement-red-river-farm-network.md) | -1.1% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2019-04-04 | [Barge Movement is Still a Mess \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59483-barge-movement-is-still-a-mess-red-river-farm-network.md) | -1.1% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2022-08-30 | [Old River locks closing impacts farmers’ bottom lines](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16689-old-river-locks-closing-impacts-farmers-bottom-lines.md) | -3.3% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2019-03-27 | [Missouri River Flooding Didn’t Just Damage Farms, It Impacted The Global Supply Chain \| STLPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60294-missouri-river-flooding-didn-t-just-damage-farms-it-impacted-the-global-supply.md) | -3.4% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- rrfn.com: https://www.rrfn.com/2019/03/25/flooding-impacts-corn-demand/

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