Grain Transport: Modal Trends and Infrastructure Implications

Frittelli, John f

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Agriculture;    Trucking;    Railroad freight operations;    Inland water transportation;    Grain;   

RP-ID  :  RL32720
RP-ID  :  RL32720_2005Jan05

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report examines the grain-handling system and the infrastructure that supports it. The first part of the report briefly identifies transportation funding issues before Congress that are particularly relevant to grain shippers. The report then describes how grain is delivered to market, including long-term trends taking place and the underlying reasons for those trends. The final part identifies some of the implications these trends have for targeting future investment in the grain-handling system.