Northern Public Radio1h
Low Mississippi River levels are again making it more expensive to transport crops in the Midwest
River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...
Inside Climate News6d
Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River
Abnormally dry conditions have caused low water levels that disrupt barge transports carrying fuel and grain. Climatologists ...
ABC News9d
The Mississippi River is running low again. It’s a problem for farmers moving beans and grain
The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits on how much cargo they can carry and cutting into farm profits ST ...
New Hampshire Public Radio5d
Outside/In: The Mississippi Cyborg
For more than 200 years, Americans have tried to tame the Mississippi River. And for that entire time, the river has fought back. Journalist and author Boyce Upholt has spent dozens of nights ...
Daily Reporter3d
Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana’s drinking supply
as the mighty flow of the Mississippi River has ebbed under dry conditions. Communities rely on the Mississippi’s volume and current to push salt water from the Gulf of Mexico back out to sea.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch7d
Mississippi River is low again. It's a problem for farmers moving beans and grain.
Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. FILE - Barges float in the Mississippi River as a portion of the riverbed is exposed, Sept. 15, 2023, in St. Louis.
The Victoria Advocate3d
Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply
as the mighty flow of the Mississippi River has ebbed under dry conditions. Communities rely on the Mississippi's volume and current to push salt water from the Gulf of Mexico back out to sea.