The number of train cars carrying grain across he state dropped in July. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson told the Transportation Commission today that July continues what has been a downward trend. “Which ...

For the third consecutive year, historically low water levels on the lower Mississippi River are impacting the supply chain. While it isn’t translating into lost export business for the U.S., it’s ...

A new rural freight road partially funded by a $1 million U.S. Department of Commerce grant is enabling farmers to move agricultural freight from Interstate 29 directly to Iowa’s Port of Blencoe barge ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest crops and ...

WINONA, Minn. (AP) -- Boyd Gasner's fields are high and dry, but his spring seeding plans are being washed away as he anxiously waits for Mississippi floodwaters to recede so barges can bring ...