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Research Reports
Filter by Keyword49 report(s) found with commodities in the keywords field The objective of this report is to provide a benchmark for elevator managers in assessing performance, and supply a source for recognizing trends in the characteristics of North Dakota elevators. The study provides information to aid transportation decision makers in planning and programming for future commodity transportation needs. The study describes recent trends in potato production and processing within the state; examines the logistics of potato transportation, storage, and processing... This study provides a snapshot of truck/rail container intermodal shipping into and out of North Dakota. The study revealed the benefits of intermodal transportation including lower overall transportation costs, increased economic productivity and efficiency, reduced congestion and burden on over-stressed... This report represents a continuation of analysis concerned with the patterns and methods of distributing grains and oilseeds from North Dakota. This report represents a continuation of analysis concerned with the patterns and methods of distributing grains and oilseeds from North Dakota. Since partial deregulation of the railroad industry in 1980, rail rates have fallen in real terms, leading many observers to conclude that deregulation has been a success. Yet, previous studies of the effects of deregulation on aggregate rate levels are inconclusive in identifying deregulation as the... This is the seventh of eight papers in the Transportation Deregulation and Agriculture series, John O. Gerald and Ken L. Casavant, general editors, published by the Western Rural Development Center. The series deals with the nature and potential impacts on agriculture of the Motor Carrier and Staggers... The primary purpose of this study is to estimate the volume of nonagricultural commodities transported by motor carrier to, from, and within North Dakota. The specific objectives are: 1) to determine the total volume of nonagricultural products transported by motor carrier to, from, and within North... Statistical data for Publications No. 19 and 20. |
