A map of the Mississippi River basin and the river’s major tributaries. (Annie Ropeik, Ag & Water Desk/Data via U.S.

While no one can predict the weather with 100 percent certainty, here’s a reliable forecast: As the climate warms, Asheville ...

River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...

At meeting in Louisiana, Mississippi River mayors discuss challenges and opportunities for commerce on the river.

Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend. For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest ...

Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the cash cattle market put in a low last week and futures were sharply higher so ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana's drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third year in a ...

(Louisiana Illuminator) – Construction has begun on a saltwater sill near Myrtle Grove to help mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion up the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of ...