Shipping Out, Part 5: Filling Tow Boat with Diesel Fuel May Cost Over $200,000

Story and photography by Frank Lessiter. Narrated and produced by Paul Markgraff.

With our tow boat and 15 barges filled with corn, wheat and soybeans now heading downstream, Captain Rider says 100 miles represents a good day on the Upper Mississippi River. South of St. Louis on the 730-mile journey to New Orleans and with no locks to slow down the tow, it's a different story.

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