This year's drought has effected many areas. One major spot, however, is the Mississippi River. The water levels did not just drop drastically, but the economy could end up suffering for it. Transports are being limited and those who control the upper flow of the Missouri are not being sensative about it. Every year there is a limit of the flow from the upper Missouri to the Mississippi river in order to maintain irrigation etc., but the Mississippi River needs help. The transports of the major fertilizer companies are sent down the Mississippi River, but this year there is a chance that they will have to call off the transports due to the water being so low. Not only is it fertilizer that is transported, but it is also raw materials. As one spokesperson stated, "When the cost of shipping raw materials goes up, the consumer ends up paying for that.” This drought is going to effect people all over. Consumers as well as transporters are quite concerned.
Natalie Newman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/us/hit-by-drought-mississippi-river-may-face-more-challenges.html?ref=us
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