Barge traffic is getting back to normal on the lower Mississippi River for what’s typically a slower time of the year anyway. “The water levels are back up to normal south of Cairo…
The traffic jam on the Mississippi River caused by some of the lowest water levels in a decade will likely continue near term. About 200 boats and 3,000 barges on the lower Mississippi…
With a string of favorable weather, harvest is wrapping up in Illinois; we have the latest statistics. Also in farm and rural news this week: the Illinois Farm Bureau and others in…
This week’s peek between the rows features news about Illinois farmers’ rapid planting pace, commodity transportation delays on the Mississippi River, and a resolution that would…