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UPDATE 1-Floods disrupt grain shipping on Illinois River

2015-06-18 01:28:19| Agriculture - Topix.net

Flooding halted barge traffic on the Illinois River on Wednesday and high water levels prompted futures market operator CME Group Inc to declare force majeure for all corn and soybean shipping stations for the first time in more than two years. Barge lines have voluntarily stopped shipping traffic after heavy rains, river merchants said.

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