The purpose of this submittal is two-fold: 1) to demonstrate the fact that there has been a structural change with regard to the ingredient cost/retail cost relationship in recent years in the bread processing industry; and 2) to establish the fact that the American wheat farmer is neither the great...

The objective of the Grain Transportation Forum was to measure the future challenge to America's grain handling and transportation system and to bring together at a particular place and time innovators in the grain handling and transportation industry to explain how this challenge will be met and the...

The major emphasis in this report is to illustrate the distribution methods and patterns of grain from North Dakota origins. In addition, to demonstrate the seasonality of grain shipments from North Dakota, trends in shipments by month are identified. The patterns of distribution and monthly shipments...

The major objective of this study is to identify and analyze national and district trends in boxcar and covered hopper car ownership. The specific objectives of this study are: 1) to review boxcar and covered hopper loadings; 2) to analyze and compare three railroad samples in respect to ownership and...