Barges on Drought-Stricken Mississippi River ‘Dead in the Water,’ Causing Severe Supply Chain Issues

A line of commercial barges carrying soybeans sits "dead in the water" in the receding Mississippi River near Poinsett Rice and Grain in Osceola, Ark., on Oct. 20, 2022. The barges have been in dock for days after a company barge became stuck in the shallow mouth of the loading port. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

OSCEOLA, Ark.—Jeff Worsham is a realist regarding the weather because he believes what he sees.

That the regional drought is a bad one, and getting worse, is beyond dispute. The Mississippi River is at the lowest it’s been in decades, he said.