Technology Meets Water and Dirt
Dec 09, 2009 | Read | Comments Off
Blogger: Glynn
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 [...]
Farmers Realize the Importance of Mississippi River
Dec 08, 2009 | Read | Comments Off
Blogger: Nick
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, [...]
