US Inland Waterways: Looking For Rainmakers
As 2022 moves into its final months, low water levels and drought form the basis of the news impacting inland waterways operators and barge companies.
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As 2022 moves into its final months, low water levels and drought form the basis of the news impacting inland waterways operators and barge companies.
At least two Cargill grain elevators on the Mississippi River have stopped taking corn and soybeans because the bins are full, and they can't send grain down the river fast enough. Meanwhile, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials on the Missouri River are reducing water releases out of Gavins Point, South Dakota. Corps officials on the Missouri River also are not authorized to increase dam releases to support the Mississippi River system.
At least two Cargill grain elevators on the Mississippi River have stopped taking corn and soybeans because the bins are full, and they can't send grain down the river fast enough. Meanwhile, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials on the Missouri River are reducing water releases out of Gavins Point, South Dakota. Corps officials on the Missouri River also are not authorized to increase dam releases to support the Mississippi River system.
Five dams to reduce releases, Gavins Point Dam to increase to support downstream needs
September precipitation was once again below average in the Missouri River Basin, the Corps of Engineers reports.