Articles Tagged with ''Waterways Council''

Water resources bill that could boost project funding nears passage

12/11/24 6:06 AM By Noah Wicks

Lock and dam construction and upkeep projects could see additional federal funding under a bill that is nearing passage after a recent deal between House and Senate transportation leaders.

Dry fall eases harvest, but farmers now eager for rain

11/06/24 6:05 AM By Noah Wicks

Dry weather has helped speed Midwestern and Southern farmers through most of this fall’s corn and soybean harvest while also limiting the amount of grain they could send down the Mississippi River. As many park their combines for the year, they are hoping rain storms can replenish soils parched and waterways shrunk by months of drought.

Army Corps of Engineers work plan looks to reduce project backlog

06/05/24 6:12 AM By Noah Wicks

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aims to spend a record $456 million on inland waterway construction projects this year, making major headway in addressing a backlog of infrastructure projects vital to shipping.

Shippers, port groups dissatisfied with Corps of Engineers proposed budget

03/15/23 6:16 AM By Noah Wicks

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requesting $7.4 billion for its Fiscal Year 2024 budget, but shipping and port groups are concerned the agency is not planning to put enough of its trust funds for construction and maintenance projects to use.

Mississippi River water declines present new threat to harvest season shipping

10/05/22 6:19 AM By Noah Wicks

Low water levels on the Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois rivers are the latest shipping snarl threatening to disrupt the upcoming harvest season.

Illinois Corn Board at Kentucky lock, January 2022.

With release of Army Corps spending plan, ag groups applaud attention to inland waterways

01/26/22 6:20 AM By Amy Mayer

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.

Infrastructure deal offers far-reaching ag benefits

06/30/21 6:55 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, and Annie Deckey

The infrastructure spending deal that President Joe Biden struck with a bipartisan group of senators could go a long way toward addressing critical agriculture needs, from improving waterways to making high-speed internet universal and fixing many crumbling bridges and roads.

Daybreak April 7: Cabinet members trying to sell infrastructure plan

04/07/21 5:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan is vague about a lot of details, including how $17 billion for waterways would be spent. But Tracy Zea of the Waterways Council tells Agri-Pulse that he expects at least $3 billion to be available for inland waterway projects. That could pay for replacing two sets of aging locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system, he said.

Daybreak Dec 8: Groups press states for vaccine priority

12/08/20 9:04 AM By Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, Steve Davies, and Philip Brasher

A handful of ag groups have been pushing the federal government to get farm and food employees right behind health care workers and vulnerable populations in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution line. Now, that request has also been filtered to the nation’s 50 governors.

Stakeholders optimistic water bill passes by end of year

09/30/20 6:30 AM By Ben Nuelle

Inland waterway stakeholders are banking on bipartisanship to get a major bill across the finish line in the lame duck session.

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12.20.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 20, 2024: Todd Van Hoose on Farm Credit System, farm economy

The Farm Credit System has experienced many changes in recent decades to better support rural America. Todd Van Hoose, retiring president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council, discussed the viability of lenders in 2025 and looked back at a historic farm bill advocacy push. Christy Seyfert will succeed Van Hoose in January.

Then, The Russell Group’s Jessica Schulken and John Weber from Monument Advocacy discuss the potential impacts of DOGE and what influence RFK Jr. may have on the food and agriculture industries.

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