Mississippi River

Next week's primary elections will be the first under a new set of voter ID rules in the state of Missouri. While Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft…

A new study supports planting perennial grasses on current cropland as a way to reduce nutrient loss from farm fields.Researchers used models to calculate…

Kansas City-native Sara Dykman just completed a 3,500 mile, 13-state adventure that took her and her crew from Glacier National Park, to a series of…

Farmers and ag groups in the Midwest say the U.S. river system needs an upgrade, and they’re hopeful it will come with proposed improvements in…

Southbound barges on the Mississippi River carry grain destined for world markets.Those barges regularly pass northbound tows with thousands of tons of…

The Army Corps of Engineers began shutting down flow from a South Dakota reservoir which feeds into Mississippi River, just north of St. Louis.The overall…