While water levels are higher now than this time last year, the Mississippi River could still see issues if drought expands in the Midwest. Soy Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek explains that while water levels have rebounded since last fall, they are still on the low end of where levels usually are for this time of year. “It wouldn’t take a considerable period of dry weather for the water levels on the river to get back to historically low levels,” said Steenhoek. Low water levels impede barge movement on the river. Steenhoek says maintaining levels on the Mississippi is a key to our competitiveness in the world market.
