Low Mississippi River Levels Impede Grain Barge Traffic

Barges have been trying to move the 2022 harvest down the Mississippi River, and other commodities, but low water levels have stopped their progress the past week. Impeded barge traffic is causing grain basis levels to widen and worries for farmers.

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