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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

The latest report by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service on the importance of waterborne transport to agriculture contains some surprising facts. The report, titled “… Read More

As harvest season proceeds with dry conditions continuing throughout the Mississippi River basin and no significant rain in the forecast, agricultural interests are expressing concern about low water and… Read More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an award of $3,072,696 for Tidewater Terminal Company Inc. to expand the availability of biodiesel throughout central and eastern Washington and Oregon… Read More

The drought that has engulfed the entire northern hemisphere, including the western half of the United States, for much of this year, is catching up with the Mississippi River at… Read More

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting disruption to oil and grain markets have raised ocean shipping rates and rates for barged grains. Over the past two weeks, ocean vessel… Read More

Farmers have always been among the most important supporters of the U.S. inland waterway system. The ability to use water transportation to export their crops can mean the difference… Read More

The American agricultural industry posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced February 8. The final 2021 trade data published by… Read More

For the week ending October 29, outstanding (unshipped) export sales of corn, wheat, and soybeans reached a record 64 million metric tons (mmt.), the U.S. Department of… Read More