11 Bad timing: Historically low water levels on the Mississippi near St. Louis complicate barge traffic, where most midwest crops are shipped from (thenationalpulse.com) posted 2 years ago by Mad_King_Kalak 2 years ago by Mad_King_Kalak +11 / -0 NELLES: How The Mississippi River Could Complicate U.S. Inflation. What do agricultural products, fertilizer, oil, and coal have in common?They all travel on the Mississippi River to reach the consumers who use those commodities.The challenge is that the river is at historically low levels and the barges carrying these pr... 5 comments share 5 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Is this a failure of the Damn system to control the Mississippi's depth?
https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2021/01/15/mat-sinking-unit-armors-mississippi-river-banks/
https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Operations-Division/River-Operations/Mat-Sinking-unit/
Edit https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/About/Technical-Centers/NDC-Navigation-and-Civil-Works-Decision-Support/NDC-Dredges/
https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/News/NewsSearch/Article/3188616/ongoing-rd-is-discovering-new-ways-to-put-dredged-sediment-to-use/
https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/News-Release-Article-View/Article/475443/communication-cooperation-and-coordination-key-to-keeping-mississippi-river-ope/