Drought Shrivels the Mississippi River and Threatens to Disrupt US Food Exports

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Insurance Journal - Sep 06, 2024

Drought across the central US is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates soaring and threatening to roil shipments of everything from corn to gasoline. Dry conditions across the Ohio River basin, which feeds the Mississippi, have worsened already low …...

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