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Tag Archives: Grain transportation

Technology Meets Water and Dirt

Last week, I rode with two colleagues from work over to the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. We visited the Melvin Price Lock & Dam #26 just south of Alton, and then went on to Monsanto’s research farm at Jerseyville. One colleague, Nick, was working on a story about the lock and dam and its critical importance to agriculture (posted here); the other, Tyne, was developing a video feature on the research farm. As for me, well, I was on the trip mostly for the research farm visit, to listen to employees talk about what they do. They’ll be … Full Article »

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Originally published
December 9, 2009 by Glynn Young

Farmers Realize the Importance of Mississippi River

Illinois farmer Joe Zumwalt knows exactly where 90 to 95 percent of his corn and soybean crops end up. In fact, he drives by his harvest everyday.

“My grain comes straight out of the field to an elevator and directly on the barges headed to the Gulf of Mexico where it gets exported,” said Zumwalt, who farms 4500 acres of corn and soybeans near Quincy, Ill., which sits on the Mississippi River. “I drive by the river every morning, and I know that’s my grain in those barges.”

Zumwalt’s proximity to the river means that his livelihood depends on the … Full Article »

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Originally published
December 8, 2009 by Nick Weber