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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, February 01, 2025
Despite some improvement from a week ago, record-low water levels are continuing to hinder grain transportation on the Mississippi River, leaving farmers with fewer alternatives for getting their crops onto barges to export.
Water levels in parts of the shrunken Mississippi River and its tributaries are reaching depths not seen in more than 30 years, grounding barges and forcing producers to store more of their grain.
The nation's four largest railroad companies have revealed their plans to address the persistent shipping delays plaguing their networks and all rely on one key ingredient: labor.
Farm equipment manufacturer John Deere announced Monday it plans to expand the availability of tools for diagnosing problems with equipment in 2023, while also teasing additional announcements on repair options in the future.
The Army Corps of Engineers' 2022 spending plan, which includes new federal funding for longstanding projects, is generating positive feedback from farm country and others who depend on the nation's rivers and ports.
Senate Democrats have set up a new fight with Republicans by releasing a tranche of fiscal 2022 spending bills that don’t have GOP support. The bills include funding for the EPA and the departments of Interior and Labor.
It’s hard to walk in any store in America today without seeing a “help wanted” sign hanging in the window and companies that move grain are among them — trying to quickly fill positions as harvest approaches.
The nation’s sugar cane crop likely took the biggest beating of any farm commodity from Hurricane Ida as it barreled northeast through Louisiana and Mississippi over the weekend and into Monday, but some cotton, rice, and soybean acres may have seen damage too.
