Number: RL32720
Title: Grain Transport: Modal Trends and Infrastructure Implications
Authors: John F. Frittelli, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report examines the grain-handling system and the infrastructure that supports it. The first part of the report briefly identifies transportation funding issues before Congress that are particularly relevant to grain shippers. The report then describes how grain is delivered to market, including long-term trends taking place and the underlying reasons for those trends. The final part identifies some of the implications these trends have for targeting future investment in the grain-handling system.
Pages: 17
Date: January 5, 2005