Effects of climate change on US grain transport

Witsanu Attavanich, Bruce McCarl, Zafarbek Ahmedov, Stephen W. Fuller and Dmitry V. Vedenov
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Zafarbek Ahmedov: Texas A&M University
Stephen W. Fuller: Texas A&M University
Dmitry V. Vedenov: Texas A&M University

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 7, 638-643

Abstract: Climate-induced shifts in crop mix may affect the grain transport system. In the US, evidence now shows that changing crop mixes reduce the importance of Lower Mississippi River ports, but increase the role of ports in the Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes and Atlantic.

Date: 2013
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