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      <title>Shipping Out, Part 8: Panama Canal Expansion Makes Upper Mississippi River Updates Even More Critical</title>
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        <![CDATA[It's hard to believe how much grain needs to be shipped down the Mississippi River to keep the massive elevators in New Orleans working at full capacity. If we're going to double yields over the next few decades, we've also got to invest in new facilities to get these valuable grains to market around the world.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Shipping Out, Part 7: 'In 28 Days, I Only Went 10 Miles on the Mississippi River'</title>
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        <![CDATA[River delays cost time and money. With smaller locks on the Upper Mississippi River, we can expect to lose as much as $500,000 a day until problems are addressed.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Shipping Out, Part 6: Barges are Quickest, Cheapest Way to Move Grain to Export Terminals</title>
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        <![CDATA[Barges move 1 ton of grain 500 miles on a single gallon of fuel. Compare that to semi trucks that moves 1 ton of grain only 60 miles on a single gallon, and you&#39;ll see why grain barges still hold the keys to grain export.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Shipping Out, Part 5: Filling Tow Boat with Diesel Fuel May Cost Over $200,000</title>
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        <![CDATA[Keeping costs under control keeps the tow moving downriver season after season.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Shipping Out, Part 4: Mississippi River Transportation System Gets D-Minus Grade</title>
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        <![CDATA[Many locks on the Mississippi River were built to last 50 years. Those locks are now 70 years old. What happens to river transport if the U.S. doesn't invest in its infrastructure?]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Shipping Out, Part 3: Moving Bushels South at 3 MPH</title>
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        <![CDATA[When aging infrastructure brings barges to a standstill for as long as 12 hours, all the design in the world can't save what amounts to $100 million in delay-related costs.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Shipping Out, Part 2: Bound for New Orleans</title>
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        <![CDATA[Farmers effectively grow and market their crops, but the grain still has to be transported to its final destination. Sometimes, this is a food processing plant 89 miles away, a local ethanol plant or an export market that requires barging grain down the Mississippi River.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Shipping Out, Part 1: The Rising Tide on Yields</title>
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        <![CDATA[With considerable talk taking place about the possibility of boosting average yields to 300 bushels of corn and 100 bushels of soybeans per acre by 2030, there are plenty of agronomic questions on how we can make this happen.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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