For a fourth consecutive year, low water levels are a concern on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. John Baranick is an ag ...

As of Sept 28, U.S. harvest progress was steady, with 15% of corn for grain harvested, ahead of both last year and average, ...

This is a peak period when corn and soybeans from the Midwest get shipped downriver to New Orleans for export to the ...

On Oct. 27, 2023, a barge near the Iqaluit port tipped and sent a crew member and 23 shipping containers into the water. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has found that crew members were not ...

The complications come at the same time as a bumper harvest of 21.5 billion bushels of corn, soybeans and grain sorghum and ...

For the fourth straight year, water levels in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers will soon be critically low, forcing shippers to light-load grain barges during harvest season. As barge rates ...

Close to half of all U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat exports move through the Mississippi River system, making it one of the ...

Water levels in parts of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers are expected to soon reach critically low stages in the face of ...

GREENVILLE, Miss. — Low water on the Mississippi River is raising concerns for both barge operators and farmers across the Delta. Zachary York, who works on barges for Wepfer Marine, said lower river ...

Deep in Brazil, grain barges glide down rivers where only jungle once stretched. Shippers stop at terminals thousands of miles from the country’s traditional ports. Fields once razed for cattle or ...

The harvest season has started in some areas, while others are still waiting for the crop to dry down. With the USDA’s projected yields, the question on many farmers’ minds is how grain movement and ...