Increasing freight capacity and attracting more infrastructure investments are likely outcomes of a recent federal designation expanding the inland Corn Belt Ports to span five Midwestern states.

THE corn industry is seeking government intervention in the form of support for mechanization, which it said is necessary if corn farmers are to meet their production targets, and also called for a ...

MOLINE, Ill. — A new investment has arrived to the Quad City area. On Thursday, Oct. 19, Corn Belt Ports officially opened its office at Western Illinois University' Quad Cities. Executive Director ...

In the U.S., 12 million hectares of land—an area about the size of New York state—are currently used to grow corn for ethanol. But strategically converting a small portion of that to solar facilities ...

TransPORT, the organization that manages the Corn Belt Ports along the Mississippi River, is looking to secure federal funding now that the ports are on the Principal U.S. Ports list. Bob Sinkler, ...