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Water Wars: Barge business
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Fifteen barges, each filled with 1400 tons of corn or soybeans, are lashed together before they head down the upper Mississippi River. The Missouri River can't handle such large barges because of its swift current and narrow channel. (MPR Photo/Erin Galbally)

Fifteen barges, each filled with 1400 tons of corn or soybeans, are lashed together before they head down the upper Mississippi River. The Missouri River can't handle such large barges because of its swift current and narrow channel.

(MPR Photo/Erin Galbally)
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