IMPACT OF RAIL ABANDONMENT ON MIDWEST AGRICULTURE

W.S. Farris

No 284539, 1974 Annual Meeting, August 18-21, College Station, Texas from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Rail transportation affects directly the grain industry in the State of Indiana and the farm supply industry which serves agriculture. Agriculture needs rail transportation to move huge quantities of farm products to export terminals, to the grain deficit of the South and Southeast and shorter hauls to grain processors in the region.

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Pages: 10
Date: 1974-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.284539

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