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- Low Mississippi river levels again scramble crop transportation🔍
- Low Mississippi River Levels Drive up Grain Transportation Costs🔍
- Low Mississippi River water levels disrupt barge shipping for third ...🔍
- Low river a problem for farmers moving beans and grain🔍
- Mississippi River's low water levels hurt farmers shipping grain🔍
- Mississippi River Levels Falling At Harvest Time🔍
- Barge rates on the Mississippi rise as water levels fall🔍
Grain transportation costs rising as Mississippi River levels fall
Grain transportation costs rising as Mississippi River levels fall
Low water levels on the Mississippi River — a result of dryness across the Midwest and South — are reducing the ability for barges to ...
Low Mississippi river levels again scramble crop transportation
The Mississippi River is experiencing low water levels this fall, driving up grain transportation prices for farmers in the Midwest.
Low Mississippi River Levels Drive up Grain Transportation Costs
Low water levels on the Mississippi River, a result of dryness across the Midwest and South, are reducing the ability for barges to effectively navigate.
Horizons: Low Water Equals Rising Freight Rates
It happens every year like clockwork. Autumn follows summer, water levels on the Mississippi River and its tributaries fall, ...
Low Mississippi River water levels disrupt barge shipping for third ...
Cargo restrictions come as grain harvests begin and agricultural shippers look to offload more commodities from storage. Published Sept.
Low river a problem for farmers moving beans and grain
The water level of the Mississippi River has been unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits on how much cargo they can ...
Mississippi River's low water levels hurt farmers shipping grain
Low water levels on the Mississippi River threaten the efficient transportation of U.S. grain exports. As freight costs rise, farmers can't ...
Déjà vu: Low Mississippi River Levels and Rising Barge Rates May ...
In turn, this means that the cost of transporting grain increases because it takes more barges to transport the same amount of grain. According ...
Mississippi River Levels Falling At Harvest Time - Farm Policy News
31, 480,750 tons of grain moved on barges — a 17% drop from the previous week,” Salter reported. “Meanwhile, costs were up sharply. Freight ...
Barge rates on the Mississippi rise as water levels fall - FreightWaves
“Restrictions — which have grown increasingly stringent since June — lower the amount of grain allowed to be loaded on a barge,” the report said ...
Barge Freight Rates Surge as Mississippi River Levels Drop
The cost to transport America's harvest from the Midwest to the rest of the world is soaring as shrinking water levels on the Mississippi ...
Mississippi River Level Impacts on Basis: 2022 Vs. 2023
When river levels decline, barge transportation slows, which causes barge freight rates to increase. Local commodity basis, defined as the ...
Low River Levels, Barge Freight, and Widening Basis
Dry weather has again caused the Mississippi River levels to fall to near-record lows. This is a problem for row crop producers and grain ...
Expert: Food prices likely to rise as Mississippi River water levels ...
Due to supply chain disruptions caused by lower river levels, farmers sometimes will have to find alternatives to get grain downriver. For some, ...
Shallower river levels mean barge weight restrictions, slower barge traffic, and higher costs ... rates didn't rise to the extreme levels of last ...
How low Mississippi River water levels could disrupt grain harvests ...
A shrinking Mississippi River is clogging a critical shipping artery for the second consecutive year and could leave farmers with limited options to transport ...
Expert: Food prices likely to rise as Mississippi River water levels ...
... water levels in the Mississippi River, which will once again increase commerce and shipping costs and drive up food prices. The low water ...
Barge loads reduced as low water impacts Mississippi routes
The USDA Grain Transportation Report noted barges are unable to ship their normal loads just as harvested corn and soybeans are getting ready to travel down ...
Low river levels, high barge rates return for another harvest season
The ag industry can expect to experience déjà vu on the Mississippi River this fall as the cost to move grain south for export is again projected to rise.
Low river levels, barge freight, and widening basis - Farm Progress
When barge rates increase, crop basis weakens (becomes more negative or less positive) at grain elevators near the Mississippi River. Figure 1 ...