Mississippi River Dredging Offers Ag Commodity Shipping Opportunities
By Chris Clayton
DTN Ag Policy Editor
With a funding line in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget earlier this week, advocates who have spent years advocating for a deeper channel at the base of the Mississippi River will get their wish.
The Army Corps announced it would spend $85 million to help dredge the Mississippi River channel roughly 5 feet deeper to a 50-foot draft depth, a move that will allow the lower Mississippi River ports to service Panamax ships that move through the third lock of the Panama Canal.