“Ernest Perry, freight development administrator at the Missouri Department of Transportation, leads an effort to study ways to increase freight travel along the Missouri, create jobs and promote an environmentally friendlier way to transport goods,” begins the article in the May 2010 issue of Today’s Farmer.
The article goes on to say, “Private companies like AGRIServices of Brunswick, LLC, continue to move grain along the Missouri River, but on a more limited basis than in the past. ‘We located along the Missouri so we could use barges to move grain out and fertilizer into this community,’ said Bill Jackson, manager of this operation that operates in the central part of the state.”
Because this issue has a direct economic impact to our region, we hope you will read the complete article.





