The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for releasing a significant new study that quantifies the cost-savings and competitive advantages that would accrue from investing in long-delayed improvements to inland waterways locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois River system.
The study, “Importance of Inland Waterways to U.S. Agriculture”, addresses the connection between the inland waterways...