Crop prices rise on Mississippi closure
Story Date: 5/18/2011

  Source:  Christopher Leonard, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 5/17/11

Corn and wheat prices shot up Tuesday as the Coast Guard closed a port on the Mississippi River because of flooding. The Coast Guard said it closed the port in Natchez, Miss. because barge traffic could increase pressure on the levees and might not be able to operate safely in the flooded river.

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