Insights and Stories on Mississippi River

New Year’s Day cold snap to hit U.S. winter wheat, rivers

Dec. 29, 2017 at 5:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — A New Year’s Day cold snap in the southern U.S. Plains poses a threat to winter wheat, particularly in Kansas, the country’s biggest producer of the grain, agricultural meteorologists said. Farmers in Kansas grow hard red winter (HRW) wheat, the largest U.S. wheat class that typically […]

Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers

Oct. 2, 2017 at 8:09 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Barge glut chokes U.S. shipping sector despite record harvest

Feb. 24, 2017 at 11:18 pm CST

By Karl Plume Michael Hirtzer

Nitrates to linger for decades in N-heavy waterways, study finds

Mar. 18, 2016 at 11:32 am CDT

By Staff

Ardent’s Illinois flour mills reopened

Jan. 22, 2016 at 11:05 am CST

By Reuters

Barge accidents rise on flood-swollen Mississippi River

Jan. 15, 2016 at 4:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. Coast Guard temporarily halted shipping traffic on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday after a tow boat struck stationary barges in a fleeting area, marking at least the fifth barge accident this week on the flood-swollen river. High water has severely restricted […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grain shippers await El Nino dryness after unseasonable flood

Jan. 5, 2016 at 6:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– The clear Midwestern skies that El Nino cycles typically bring could be a boon to the U.S. heartland this spring, after recent record rain levels soaked the region, swamping farmland and disrupting grain export shipments on swollen rivers. Farm fields across the Midwest are saturated, according […]

By Karl Plume

Ardent restarts Illinois flour mill after flooding

Jan. 5, 2016 at 6:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– The largest U.S. flour miller, Ardent Mills, has resumed operations in Alton, Illinois, as floodwaters along the Mississippi River receded while a mill at Chester, Ill. will remain down for weeks, company executives said Tuesday. Near record-high floodwaters following deadly winter storms forced the company to […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Rising Mississippi waters bring barge traffic near halt

Dec. 29, 2015 at 12:13 am CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Rapidly rising floodwaters brought barge traffic to a near standstill on the middle section of the Mississippi River on Monday, halting shipments of goods such as soybeans, concrete and road salt, government officials and traders said. The deadly storms have killed more than 40 people in […]

By Michael Hirtzer

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Insights and Stories on Mississippi River

New Year’s Day cold snap to hit U.S. winter wheat, rivers

Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers

Barge glut chokes U.S. shipping sector despite record harvest

Nitrates to linger for decades in N-heavy waterways, study finds

Ardent’s Illinois flour mills reopened

Barge accidents rise on flood-swollen Mississippi River

U.S. grain shippers await El Nino dryness after unseasonable flood

Ardent restarts Illinois flour mill after flooding

Rising Mississippi waters bring barge traffic near halt

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