by Associated Press Published: August 27,2012
Tags: barge, boat, boater, boating, dredge, dredging, drought, dry, maritime, port, severe weather, ship, shipping, tow boat, traffic, transportation, travel, water, water level, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Another barge grounding near Greenville has closed the Mississippi River to shipping. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Robert Anderson said a barge ran past buoys marking the shipping channel Saturday evening. Coast Guard Petty Officer Ryan Tippets said yesterday it was refloated, but vessel traffic was not expected to resume before today. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 23,2012
Tags: barge, boat, Commerce, dredge, drought, dry, information technology, maritime, port, river, severe weather, ship, shipping, towboat, transportation, travel, water level, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Shipping is being allowed to move slowly through a stretch of the Mississippi River near Greenville that has been a trouble spot as low water caused by drought exposes sand and mud bars. Coast Guard Petty Officer Ryan Tippets said today barges are being allowed to proceed south with northbound traffic expected [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 23,2012
Tags: barge, boat, boating, commercve, drought, dry, maritime, port, river, severe e=weather, ship, shipping, towboat, transportation, water level, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Authorities have reopened the Mississippi River to some boat traffic, hours after freeing a barge that ran aground in dangerously low waters caused by an extensive drought. A trickle of barges had begun heading north as of late afternoon, but clearing all 33 northbound tows and 72 southbound barge strings was going [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 22,2012
Tags: damage, disaster, disaster recovery, drought, dry, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, hot, loan, loss, natural disaster, severe weather, small business, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is making available federal economic injury disaster loans to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in Mississippi as a result of the drought. This SBA’s disaster declaration includes the following counties: Bolivar, Calhoun, Coahoma, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 22,2012
Tags: barge, boat, cargo, Commerce, disaster, drought, dry, hot, maritime, natural disaster, port, rain, river, severe weather, ship, shipping, towboat, vessel, water level, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Low water levels that are restricting shipping traffic, forcing harbor closures and causing barges to run aground on the economically vital Mississippi River are expected to continue into October, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials say. Meanwhile, more than 100 tow boats and barges remain backed up near Greenville due to the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 21,2012
Tags: boat, boating, Commerce, dredge, dredging, drought, dry, maritime, port, river, severe weather, ship, shipping, trade, traffic, transportation, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage yesterday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said. New Orleans-based Coast Guard spokesman Ryan Tippets said the stretch of river near Greenville has been closed intermittently since Aug. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 20,2012
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, commodity, crop, drought, dry, farm, farmer, farming, fish, heat, input cost, market price, price, row crop, severe weather, Weather
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Mississippians do not have to look far to see the impact of the Midwest’s historic drought, as the state’s catfish farmers already feel the pinch of sky-high feed costs. “There was a window last fall when some farmers were able to book feed at $380 per ton,” said Jimmy Avery, Mississippi State [...] [...]
Drought in Central Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and on through the nation’s Corn Belt has left Mississippi’s corn and soy bean growers poised to rack up record crop prices. Since just the end of May, corn prices have climbed 45 percent and soybeans 30 percent. But the economic dominoes felled by the drought of 2012 spell [...] [...]
The rains of early June and in the days that followed the Fourth of July appear to have ensured a highly prosperous year for Mississippi’s corn and soybean growers. August rains have helped, as well, said John Michael Riley, an agriculture economist with Mississippi State University. That the rains came as drought stunted or killed [...] [...]
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