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Many West Tennessee farmers were so close to the Mississippi River that they delivered their grain straight to the river, lacking any storage silos that farmers elsewhere might use. But with the river so low, they had to leave crops in the field and pray for their fields to remain dry and for rain to raise river levels. Some barge companies were backed up and could not immediately take grain. Tennessee Lookout (Nashville, Tenn.), Oct 24, 2022