Illinois Grain Production And Trade

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Illinois Grain Production And Trade
Clarence Peter Schumaier
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Payments to participating elevators for both handling and storage have in general been liberal.
PART III GRAIN TRANSPORTATION Transportation cost is a major cost in marketing grain, for grain is a relatively cheap, bulky, and nonperishable commodity. Movement from farms to local elevators by truck or wagon is a direct cost to the farmer because practically all grain is priced to the farmer f. O. B. The local elevator. A little over 10 percent of all grain in the state was sold locally, about 60
... percent was shipped by rail, and about 30 percent by truck (Table 9). Thus, of the grain shipped, about two-thirds was shipped by rail. About half the grain shipped by truck went to river 7959] ILLINOIS GRAIN PRODUCTION AND TRADE 61 elevators, and the remainder to a number of outlets including long distance truckers, terminal markets, and various processors.
Since 1946, rail rates have more than doubled. Partly because of this rise in rates and partly because of larger, more efficient trucks and increased outlets for barged grain, there appears to be a gradual trend away from rail transportation to truck and truck-barge transporta- tion.


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