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Flooding halts barge traffic on Mississippi River

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Flooding has halted barge traffic across a wide swath of the Upper Mississippi River.

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials pointed to record winter snowfall in the upper Midwest that's now melting and flooding into waterways.

The closure of barge traffic means grain and fertilizer shippers must find alternatives.

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