Regional Elevator Survey: Grain Transportation and Industry Trends for Great Plains Elevators

Local grain elevators are a critical juncture in the grain marketing system. These facilities, estimated to be more than 8,000, accumulate grain in quantities that make longer-distance markets economically feasible. In this role, they provide various marketing, production, and crop conditioning services. The prices offered and investment decisions made by elevator operators signal trends or changes in the producer-to-consumer marketing patterns. Identifying and understanding these signals is important to rural infrastructure planning and agricultural sector development. One potential means for gaining insight into the current state of the elevator industry, and into expectations for future trends, is through a survey. The objective of this study is to profile the transportation and industry characteristics of the elevators located in the Great Plains region of the United States. Transportation characteristics consider farm-to-elevator procurement and outbound elevator-to-market movements. In addition, elevator managers were asked to describe their operations and offer opinions regarding importance of issues pertinent to the future of the elevator industry.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=390
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4884
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052
• Authors:
  • Vachal, Kimberly
  • Tolliver, Denver
• Publication Date: 2001-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 62p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Freight transportation; Grain elevators; Market assessment; Regional analysis; Rural areas; Surveys; Trend (Statistics)
• Geographic Terms: Great Plains
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01685411
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DP-143
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 19 2018 9:29AM