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Research Publications

01-2015: USDA Analysis of 2013-14 Rail Service Challenges for Senators Thune/Klobuchar (.pdf)

06-2014: Rail Tariff Rates for Grain by Shipment Size and Distance Shipped (.pdf)

04-2014: Rail Rate Mediation and Arbitration for Grain Shippers (.pdf)

02-2014: Railroad Concentration, Market Shares, and Rates (.pdf)

01-2014: State Grain Rail Statistics

12-2013: Grain and Oilseed Shipment Sizes and Distance Hauled by Rail (.pdf)

12-2013: Rail’s Loss of Grain Transportation Market Share (.pdf)

09-2013: Rail Market Share of Grain and Oilseed Transportation (Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 52, No. 2 (Summer 2013), pp. 127-150) (.pdf)

08-2013: The Shift to Larger Railcars for the Shipment of Grain (.pdf)

08-2013: The Effects of Increased Shuttle-Train Movements of Grain and Oilseeds (.pdf)

06-2013: State Grain Rail Statistical Summary (.pdf)

04-2013: A Comprehensive Rail Rate Index for Grain (.pdf)

03-2012: Transportation of U.S. Grains, A Modal Share Analysis, 1978-2010 Update (.pdf)

04-2011: Transportation of U.S. Grains, A Modal Share Analysis, 1978-2007 (.pdf)

04-2011: U.S. Grain & Soybean Exports to Mexico—A Modal Share Transportation Analysis, 2007-2010 (.pdf)

01-2010: U.S. Grain & Soybean Exports to Mexico—A Modal Share Transportation Analysis, 2007-2008 (.pdf)

08-2007: Trends in Freight Railroad Rates and Competition (GAO-07-292SP), an E-supplement to GAO-07-2

10-2006: Transportation of U.S. Grains, A Modal Share Analysis, 1978-2004 (.pdf)

10-2006: Freight Railroads: Industry Health Has Improved, but Concerns about Competition and Capacity (.pdf)

08-2003: The Importance of Short Line Railroads to Rural and Agricultural America (.pdf)

07-2003: U.S. Containerized Grain and Oilseed Export: Industry Profile Phase II (.pdf)

06-2003: The Differential Effects of Rail Rate Deregulation: U.S. Corn, Wheat, and Soybean Markets (.pdf)

11-2001: U.S. Containerized Grain and Oilseed Export: Industry Profile Phase I (.pdf)

Articles

12-1998: "The Western Rail Crisis: One Year Later" Agricultural Outlook, December 1998 (.pdf)

Presentations

08-2014: USDA Perspective on 2013/14 Rail Service Problems and Regulatory Landscape (.pdf)

01-2014: USDA Perspective on Transportation Constraints to Agriculture Export (Presentation at the Transportation Research Board’s 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. (Prezi))

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		U.S. Grain Transportation


		Transportation of Other Agricultural Products


		International Transportation Analysis


		Agricultural Transportation Research and Information Center


		Regulatory Representation


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Last Modified Date: 02/26/2015