Eastern Iowa — Low water levels on the Mississippi River continue to be a concern for barge traffic that hauls grain from Iowa and other states off to export. Iowa DOT spokesman, Stuart Anderson, says the lower Mississippi River levels have continued to drop.
He says barge operators have already had to adjust by not filling them as full in the shallower water.
The price of floating the grain down river has also been impacted.
Anderson says the situation is something grain haulers will keep an eye on as the harvest in Iowa and other states continues to move forward.
