WASHINGTON - The government is stepping up efforts to unload Mississippi River barges carrying crops damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The Agriculture Department plans to spend $7.6 million for ...

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 ...

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, driving up farmers’ transportation costs as ...

With harvest well under way across the country, one method of transportation that has been largely spared from recent supply chain snarls has run aground, literally. Limited rains across the Midwest ...