Trains for grains scarce on the U.S. Plains
(Reuters) - In the northern U.S. Plains, where there are no commercially navigable rivers, the U.S. rail system long has served as the lone, dependable way for farms to move...
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High-tech U.S. farm machines harvest Big Data, reap privacy worries
MOLINE, Illinois (Reuters) - Steps away from a replica of the revolutionary 1837 steel plow at tractor company John Deere's headquarters sits a combine as big as a tank and...
Snowden, Greenwald urge caution of wider government monitoring at Amnesty event
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Edward Snowden and reporter Glenn Greenwald, who brought to light the whistleblower's leaks about mass U.S. government surveillance last year, appeared together via video link from opposite...
U.S. regulators failed to spot deadly GM defects that others saw
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Retired Wisconsin state trooper Keith Young and his wife were sitting at the kitchen table last month when a story on the evening news jarred them: General...
U.S. regulators failed to spot deadly GM defects that others saw
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Retired Wisconsin state trooper Keith Young and his wife were sitting at the kitchen table last month when a story on the evening news jarred them: General...
After years of crop crises, U.S. harvest beckons new era of plenty…almost
(Reuters) - For much of the past six years, the global grain markets have lurched from one crop crisis to the next, keeping inventories low and food prices high. Now,...
After years of crop crises, U.S. harvest beckons new era of plenty…almost
(Reuters) - For much of the past six years, the global grain markets have lurched from one crop crisis to the next, keeping inventories low and food prices high. Now,...
Floods halt Mississippi River shipping, shut Port of St Louis
(Reuters) - The Mississippi River was effectively closed to barge traffic from northern Iowa to St. Louis as flooding shuttered several locks on the major shipping waterway and stranded at...
Floods close Mississippi River locks, halt barge shipments
(Reuters) - Heavy spring rains across the U.S. Midwest swelled the Mississippi River above flood stage at some locations and forced the closure of three river locks on the major...
Mississippi River reopens after oil spill closure: Coast Guard
(Reuters) - The Coast Guard reopened a stretch of the Mississippi River near Hartford, Illinois early on Friday as the waterway was deemed safe for navigation following a vessel accident...