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Stakeholders meeting in Kansas City on February 12-13 said the Missouri River is seeing freight growth from Sioux City to St. Louis. Expanded Corps and Coast Guard services now reach Omaha, Blair and Sioux City, and several ports and terminals have reopened.
Improved river service and rising freight volumes support barge capacity and transport access for Midwest grain and feed shipments, which tends to keep barge rates firm but not a major price shock.
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