Nearly the entire stretch of the river experienced below average rainfall over the past two months, reducing water levels on the river to near record low.
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Nearly the entire stretch of the Mississippi River has experienced below average rainfall over the past two months, reducing water levels on the river to near record lows. The drought has disrupted ship and barge traffic at a critical time for farmers harvesting soybeans and corn for export. Farmers are paying higher shipping costs.
About 60% of the Midwest and northern Great Plain states are in a drought. Nearly the entire stretch of the Mississippi River from Minnesota to the river’s mouth in Louisiana has experienced below average rainfall over the past two months.