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The Mississippi River. (Mark D. Tomer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

New Year’s Day cold snap to hit U.S. winter wheat, rivers

By GFM Network News December 29, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — A New Year’s Day cold snap in the southern U.S. Plains poses a threat to winter wheat, particularly in Kansas, the country’s biggest producer of the grain, agricultural meteorologists said. Farmers in Kansas grow hard red winter (HRW) wheat, the largest U.S. wheat class that typically is milled into flour for […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers

By GFM Network News October 3, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers are running out of options for their just-harvested corn and soybeans as delays on the Mississippi River, the main conduit for crops to export markets, cause shipping backlogs, while grain storage on the river’s banks is filling up. Low river levels and backups at aging locks have slowed navigation […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Barge glut chokes U.S. shipping sector despite record harvest

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News February 24, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — A glut of idled river barges is clogging Mississippi River shorelines from St. Louis to New Orleans, leaving U.S. barge companies that haul grain, coal and other bulk goods counting their losses. Even with record-large exports of corn and soybeans, typically a boon for shippers that haul grain to Gulf Coast […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Nitrates to linger for decades in N-heavy waterways, study finds

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 18, 2016

Lakes, rivers, streams and well water high in nitrates will stay that way for another 35 years or more, even if farmers in those watersheds were to stop applying nitrogen (N) fertilizer on their fields today, a new study shows. The study of the Mississippi River basin, published Tuesday by Canadian and U.S. researchers, shows […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Ardent’s Illinois flour mills reopened

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 22, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Ardent Mills, the largest U.S. flour miller, said operations resumed on Thursday at its mill at Chester, Illinois, that had been closed since Dec. 29 due to near-record flooding on the Mississippi River. Mill staff “have gone ‘above and beyond’ to conduct extensive cleaning and sanitizing to return the mill back […] Read more

Overland flooding in Missouri on Jan. 1. (Steve Zumwalt photo courtesy FEMA)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Barge accidents rise on flood-swollen Mississippi River

By GFM Network News January 15, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. Coast Guard temporarily halted shipping traffic on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday after a tow boat struck stationary barges in a fleeting area, marking at least the fifth barge accident this week on the flood-swollen river. High water has severely restricted barge shipping traffic on the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grain shippers await El Nino dryness after unseasonable flood

By GFM Network News January 6, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The clear Midwestern skies that El Nino cycles typically bring could be a boon to the U.S. heartland this spring, after recent record rain levels soaked the region, swamping farmland and disrupting grain export shipments on swollen rivers. Farm fields across the Midwest are saturated, according to the U.S. Department of […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Ardent restarts Illinois flour mill after flooding

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 5, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The largest U.S. flour miller, Ardent Mills, has resumed operations in Alton, Illinois, as floodwaters along the Mississippi River receded while a mill at Chester, Ill. will remain down for weeks, company executives said Tuesday. Near record-high floodwaters following deadly winter storms forced the company to shut down the mills a […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Rising Mississippi waters bring barge traffic near halt

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 29, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Rapidly rising floodwaters brought barge traffic to a near standstill on the middle section of the Mississippi River on Monday, halting shipments of goods such as soybeans, concrete and road salt, government officials and traders said. The deadly storms have killed more than 40 people in flooding and tornadoes, snarling air […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives Mississippi River

New Year’s Day cold snap to hit U.S. winter wheat, rivers

Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers

Barge glut chokes U.S. shipping sector despite record harvest

Nitrates to linger for decades in N-heavy waterways, study finds

Ardent’s Illinois flour mills reopened

Barge accidents rise on flood-swollen Mississippi River

U.S. grain shippers await El Nino dryness after unseasonable flood

Ardent restarts Illinois flour mill after flooding

Rising Mississippi waters bring barge traffic near halt

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