In our last issue, economist Ken Eriksen showed how record corn yields and exports boosted U.S. barge volumes and rates (See Horizons, August 18, 2025). The big surprise for ag… Read More
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Ken Eriksen The Upper Mississippi River (UMR) extends 854 navigable river miles through the heart of the Corn Belt from Minneapolis past St. Louis to the mouth of… Read More
Despite continued outbreaks of COVID-19 in India and a few other hot spots, and the spread of a South African variant, most of the world’s economies expect a summer… Read More
Whatever else happens with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, farmers and agricultural producers are looking forward to another great export year for key American agricultural commodities. Exports of… Read More
For the week ending April 2, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions totaled 1.9 million metric tons (mmt.), according… Read More
Ken Eriksen, senior vice president of Informa Economics IEG’s Client Advisory and Development Group, cautions that this year’s barge harvest season will be “very short” and won’t see the… Read More
