RED WING, Minn. — Low water levels and rising barge costs have had an impact on Red Wing Grain, one of five Mississippi River ports in Minnesota providing access to river ports to the south and the ...

A barge heads west on the Columbia River after being loaded with grain at the Port of Morrow. A unique rail-to-barge grain facility at Oregon’s Port of Morrow is expanding with help from a $2 million ...

CHICAGO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Numerous barges have run aground on the lower Mississippi River and grain barge shipping rates are soaring to historic highs this week, as drought has dropped inland ...

BLOOMINGTON — Illinois farmers typically hope for timely rains before harvest when crops need the precipitation to build out high yields. But in a season that's been far from normal, the call for rain ...

Barges carried 129,900 tons of grain down the Mississippi River during the week ending Sept. 16, 25% less than the week before, 38% less than during the same period last year, and 76% less than the ...

Harvest progress is up, but river levels are down. 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 ...

Ingram Marine Group, the largest barge operator on the inland waterways, announced plans to invest $50 million in upgrading its barge-loading and grain-handling facilities in the St. Louis area. The ...

Louisiana Gulf Coast grain exports are slowly ramping up after a nearly two-week halt due to damage from Hurricane Ida, with at least two large terminals loading vessels and power steadily being ...