NTL Catalog Record

Title	National Corn Growers Association: Transportation
Record ID	12355
Corporate Creator	National Corn Growers Association
Publisher	National Corn Growers Association
Publication Date	20020000
Abstract	Corn growers depend on reliable, cost-effective transportation - whether by barge, truck or rail - to deliver farm inputs to producers and to deliver harvested grain to markets. Presently, the U.S. enjoys a comparative advantage in corn production world wide, and the per-ton cost for transporting corn in the United States is lower than in other countries. But the United States has allowed its transportation infrastructure to deteriorate. At the same time, our competitors are making major investments in their transportation systems. Thus, our international competitiveness is in jeopardy. Unless our nation invests in major improvements to our aging transportation infrastructure, U.S. agriculture will pay the price.
TRT Terms	Agriculture ; Crops ; Farm produce ; Agricultural products ; Transportation ; Infrastructure ; Improvements ; Grain
General Subjects	Corn
Classification	NTL - FREIGHT - Freight Economics and Finance; NTL - FREIGHT - Freight Planning and Policy; AGR - COMMODITIES - Grain and Other Farm Commodities
Geographical Coverage	United States
Resource type	Web Document
URL	http://www.ncga.com/transportation/main/index.html
Format	HTML
Language:	English
Database	Other Transportation Web Sites

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