# Dairi Corn Trucks Held Up in Medan, Farmers Face Lower Selling Prices

> Trucks carrying corn from Dairi Regency in North Sumatra have been held at the Medan Industrial Area for about three days because warehouses and factories in Medan were reported closed for roughly a week. Collectors have stopped sending corn to Medan and Pematangsiantar, and local farmers face falling prices.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-14T13:37:15.255Z
- Category: logistics · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/99511-dairi-corn-trucks-held-up-in-medan-farmers-face-lower-selling-prices
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Blocked deliveries to processors cut local corn demand and push down farm-gate prices in Dairi. The effect is regional and small, but it shows how logistics bottlenecks can weigh on local feed-grade corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-11-09 | [Corn Harvest Halfway Complete: Rising Gas Costs and Falling Grain Prices Worry Farmers in Kuyavia and Pomerania](https://feedsoft.ai/events/89070-corn-harvest-halfway-complete-rising-gas-costs-and-falling-grain-prices-worry.md) | +0.8% | — |
| 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 | 2018-06-01 | [DDG Prices Lower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64612-ddg-prices-lower.md) | -2.6% | -8.6% |
| CORN | 2023-04-28 | [Flooding Impacts Upper Mississippi Barge Traffic, as “Corn Hit its Lowest in Nine Months” \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16638-flooding-impacts-upper-mississippi-barge-traffic-as-corn-hit-its-lowest-in-nine.md) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2017-11-02 | [Lower River Water Levels Causing Concern for Farmers \| WMIX](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67872-lower-river-water-levels-causing-concern-for-farmers-wmix.md) | -3.6% | -4.7% |

## Sources

- tazkiyahmedia.com: https://tazkiyahmedia.com/dairi-truk-jagung-dairi-tertahan-di-medan-petani-terancam-terdampak-penurunan-harga-jual/

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