River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river levels are driving up transportation costs for Midwest farmers. 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 ...
Readers: This story was updated at 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 to correct the number of truck trips that could be eliminated by hydraulic removal of sediments at Woods Pond. LEE — A Housatonic ...
When companies and corporate site selectors unfold their maps and start calculating shipping costs and delivery times, something remarkable happens: Our region keeps rising to the top of their lists.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has conditionally approved General Electric’s revised transportation plan for the Rest of River cleanup, including the construction of rail spurs in Pittsfield ...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) partnered with Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever (PF/QF), The Nature Conservancy, and local landowners to dedicate two new conservation ...