IMPACT OF RAIL ABANDONMENT ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND ASSOCIATED GRAIN MARKETING AND FERTILIZER SUPPLY FIRMS

A.R. Bunker and L.D. Hill

No 284527, 1974 Annual Meeting, August 18-21, College Station, Texas from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: A detailed analysis of two rail line abandonments in a rural corn belt region. The study describes the impact that the abandonments have had on the operations of grain elevators, feed distributors and fertilizer distributors. Firms losing rail service are compared with nearby firms which have not lost rail service.

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Pages: 22
Date: 1974-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.284527

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