Drought threatens to close Mississippi to barges

04/12/2012

US agricultural exporters, particularly those in the Midwest, are really getting it in the neck at the moment. The strike at LA-Long Beach is holding up shipments; a threatened strike at the US east and Gulf coast ports could see them hit with massive surcharges; ...

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