# Corps Awards $15.4M Dredging Contract to Arkansas Firm

> The New Orleans Engineer District awarded a $15.4 million sole-source contract to a White Hall, Arkansas dredging firm for Mississippi River maintenance dredging. The contract requires a dredge on call around the clock, with work locations set through task orders under a contract ceiling of about $108.4 million.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-14T21:13:23.166Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/99983-corps-awards-15-4m-dredging-contract-to-arkansas-firm
- 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

Routine dredging keeps Lower Mississippi channels at authorized depths, which supports uninterrupted barge and ocean vessel access for grain shipments. The award is a maintenance action with no meaningful change to supply or prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-01-27 | [Keep it Moving: Corps Dredges Log Record Seasons to Combat Drought Impact](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49050-keep-it-moving-corps-dredges-log-record-seasons-to-combat-drought-impact.md) | +1.9% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2023-03-23 | [Corps dredges log record seasons to combat 2022 drought impact](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16645-corps-dredges-log-record-seasons-to-combat-2022-drought-impact.md) | +1.6% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2023-02-13 | [Record setting dredging season comes to an end > St. Louis District > News Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16649-record-setting-dredging-season-comes-to-an-end-st-louis-district-news-stories.md) | -1.3% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2021-12-15 | [Corps is taking the deep route—Mississippi River channel to 50 ft - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16741-corps-is-taking-the-deep-route-mississippi-river-channel-to-50-ft-dredgewire.md) | -3.5% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2023-03-27 | [Corn bids drop, soy barge bids remain firm](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14859-corn-bids-drop-soy-barge-bids-remain-firm.md) | +1.6% | -0.0% |
| SOY | 2021-01-27 | [Keep it Moving: Corps Dredges Log Record Seasons to Combat Drought Impact](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49050-keep-it-moving-corps-dredges-log-record-seasons-to-combat-drought-impact.md) | -1.1% | +3.9% |
| SOY | 2023-03-23 | [Corps dredges log record seasons to combat 2022 drought impact](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16645-corps-dredges-log-record-seasons-to-combat-2022-drought-impact.md) | +2.0% | +3.4% |
| SOY | 2023-02-13 | [Record setting dredging season comes to an end > St. Louis District > News Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16649-record-setting-dredging-season-comes-to-an-end-st-louis-district-news-stories.md) | -1.0% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- wisevoter.com: https://wisevoter.com/world/us/2026/11/13/corps-awards-mississippi-river-dredging-contract

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