Central Plains Grain Farm Truck Fleet & Marketing Patterns

A survey of farm operators in the Central Plains Region, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, was conducted to gather information about transportation of crops, the inventory and characteristics of farmer-owned truck fleets, and on-farm storage capacity. The objective of the study is to provide information about the farm truck inventory and marketing patterns in the Central Plains. There is no other source for this information, and it should be unique and complementary to other farm-to-market information and national commodity flow publications. Farmers may use the results for their own investment and productivity assessments. Local and regional planners and policy makers can use the information to calibrate travel demand and freight flow models for investment and asset management choices and to estimate pavement impacts. Survey results indicate that the 5-axle semi is the most common truck configuration within the study area and that single-axle and tandem-axle truck ownership will decline in the future in favor of 5-axle and 7-axle configurations. On-farm storage is concentrated on larger farms in terms of average capacity, but the storage per bushel harvested is inversely related to farm size. The average distance to the first-choice delivery point was 14.92 miles.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=1125
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67934
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052

  Department of Agriculture

  1400 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20250
• Authors:
  • Dybing, Alan
  • Vachal, Kimberly
  • Rahman, Baishali
• Publication Date: 2023-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 46p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodity flow; Farms; Grain; Market assessment; Storage facilities; Surveys; Trucks; Vehicle fleets
• Geographic Terms: Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Nebraska
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01887468
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DP-321
• Contract Numbers: 19-TMTSD-ND-005
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 17 2023 9:13AM