Ongoing drought impacting Mississippi, Ohio river levels

Low levels on the Lower Mississippi River jeopardize the movement of fertilizer up the river and the shipment of grain down the river. The Ohio River is also critically low in some areas.

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https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/ongoing-drought-impacting-river-levels/

Drought continued to expand in the eastern U.S. with some pockets of drought improvement. Drought (D1-D4) coverage increased by 1.18 points to encompass 35.9% of the contiguous U.S.

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https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx