The judge in the Ideker Farms Missouri River “takings” case has ordered the Corps of Engineers to pay a group of landowners along the Missouri River for flood damages due… Read More
Missouri River
In the top story of 2020, an invisible virus has, to date, caused more than a million and a half deaths worldwide, sickened tens of millions more, overwhelmed the health… Read More
The last bargeload of the season was unloaded at the Port of St. Joseph, Mo., over the weekend of November 21. Bill Becker, CEO of Transport 360, which has revitalized… Read More
Low water and shoaling have slowed cargo movements on the middle Mississippi River, below the confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis, Mo., just as the Corps prepares to… Read More
We recently covered the opening of an $11 million grain terminal at the port of Blencoe, Iowa, funded by a farm co-op. The opening of the terminal will return barge… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Northwestern Division reported October 5 that September precipitation was well below normal in the Missouri River Basin. As a result, September runoff in the upper basin… Read More
As harvest season begins, an urgent letter from members of Congress representing districts along the Missouri River is drawing attention to the “dire” navigation situation created by a maintenance backlog… Read More
A farmer-owned cooperative broke ground for a new $11 million barge loading and unloading terminal along the Missouri River on September 9 at Mile 680.5 near Blencoe, Iowa, between Council… Read More
By Bill Burnett Little did my grandfather, Ancel Burnett, know when he climbed aboard the big Federal Barge Line Str. Illinois at Boonville, Mo., that four generations of his family… Read More
The Corps of Engineers reports that an unusually dry August has left Missouri River monthly flow levels below normal. During the month, the Missouri River basin, especially the western and… Read More
