Drought on the lower Mississippi River has pushed barge rates up 31% and slashed southbound shipments 79%, threatening U.S.

The Mississippi River is again facing low water levels — pushing up barge rates and making it more expensive for farmers to ...

Shipping on the Mighty Mississippi has come to a standstill around Winona and Alma, Wis., and the commercial channel could remain closed for several weeks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ...

Year-over-year Mississippi River levels at St. Louis and Memphis are currently measuring above last year. But, without significant rain in the forecast and concerns for the volume of water coming from ...

While the upper Mississippi River’s lock and dam system is keeping navigation efficient, low river levels on the lower ...

Close to half of all U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat exports move through the Mississippi River system, making it one of the most important export corridors in the world. Over the past five years, an ...

Water levels in parts of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers are likely to reach critically low stages soon, forcing shippers to light-load harvest-season grain barges for the fourth year in a row.

Mississippi River levels are low this fall season—for the third year in a row. “The timing couldn’t be worse,” says Jon Davis, chief meteorologist at Everstream Analytics. “October is a critical month ...

A barge and tugboat moving upriver from the downtown area of St. Louis, Missouri along the Mississippi River. Data centers don’t just represent a critical issue for the St. Louis region. Anything ...

Springfield, Missouri, resident Max Thomas was killed in a bear attack earlier this month at a campground in Arkansas. A 60-year-old Missouri resident was killed by a bear in Arkansas just a few weeks ...

Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another year of low river levels means barge travel will be more expensive. The ...