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Agriculture as a Source of Barge Demand on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers: Background and Issues
Contributor(s): Schnepf, Randy (Author)
ISBN: 1288675070     ISBN-13: 9781288675074
Publisher: Bibliogov
OUR PRICE:   $14.96  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: January 2013
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- Political Science
Physical Information: 0.07" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.18 lbs) 34 pages
 
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Five of the nation's top agricultural production states, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin have traditionally relied on the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) navigation system as their principal conduit for export-bound agricultural products mostly bulk corn and soybeans. The low-cost, high-volume capability of barge transportation has long provided an important competitive advantage for U.S. agricultural products in international markets. Agricultural barge freight on the UMR-IWW grew rapidly for several decades in the post-WWII era, but has leveled off since the early 1980s. There is disagreement over the cause for this lack of growth in barge demand.