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How Drought’s Grip on the Mississippi River is Already Costing Farmers
According to Pro Farmer, a lack of rain has led to reduced barge draft and tow sizes along the Mississippi river system, causing delays and groundings near Hickman, Ky., according to USDA’s ...
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How Low Will it Go? Harvest Barge Traffic Slows Due to Low River Levels
South of St. Louis, parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited. “As if agricultural shippers did not have enough supply chain challenges ...
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Fishing walleye on the Mississippi requires trial and error, and patience
Another plus for those heading to the Red Wing Lock and Dam is that for the past 40 years or so, the Red Wing Nuclear Power ...
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NTSB reports on $7M collapse of degraded dock after barge contact
The incident occurred when ​the 76-foot-long towing vessel Ovide J, operated by Enterprise Marine Services of Houston, ​ was ...
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Changing the tides
For up to nine months each year, he travels through Mississippi River waterways by barge with his 13-person environmental cleanup crew and a number of localized volunteers. Pregracke is truly a ...
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Agricultural Hub: St. Louis Ports Handle 50% of U.S. Crop Movement
ST. LOUIS - The latest data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) confirms the St. Louis region remains home to the ...