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Nervous U.S. Farmers Make Alternate Plans as Mississippi Drys Up

Caption: Greg Heuman pulls a cable as he prepares to close the door on a barge filled with soybeans on the Kaskaskia River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, at Gateway FS in Evansville, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. U.S. farmers, facing aftershocks of the worst drought in 50 years, are improvising alternative plans for corn, soybeans and other grains that won’t be moving to world markets as the Mississippi River dries up. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Date created: 05 Dec 2012
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