Grain Transportation Costs and Characteristics for North Dakota's Farm Trucks
The general objective of this study is to determine the costs of moving grain from farm to local market by farm truck and what factors influence these costs. The specific objectives are: 1) To determine the average cost of moving grain from farm to local market by farm truck and 2) To evaluate the influence that the factors of box size, truck size, truck mileage, total bushels hauled, bushel-miles, farm size, elevator distance, and the age of the truck have on the various unit costs and total costs of moving grain from farm to local market by farm truck.
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Corporate Authors:
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University
1320 Albrecht Boulevard
Fargo, ND United States 581052 -
Authors:
- Griffin, Gene C
- Tosterud, Robert J
- Publication Date: 1975-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: Research Report
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Tables;
- Pagination: 104p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Costs; Freight transportation; Grain; Trucking
- Geographic Terms: North Dakota
- Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01789143
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: UGPTI Publication No. 28, DP-28
- Files: NTL, TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 22 2021 11:04AM