High water levels temporarily closing locks on upper Mississippi River

Increased precipitation and snow melt is causing water levels to rise on the upper Mississippi River.

Mike Steenhoek, director of the Soy Transportation Coalition tells Brownfield that has forced the closure of some lock and dam sites south of Minneapolis/St. Paul and along the Iowa/Illinois border.

“So obviously that is a concern for us. This time of year, we don’t move a lot of grain for the export market via barge, but we do bring up a lot of fertilizer north bound and any kind of interruption of service is certainly regrettable.

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