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000207923 245__ $$aAnalyses of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers as Grain Transport Arteries: A Spatial Equilibrium Analyses
000207923 260__ $$c2007-03
000207923 269__ $$a2007-03
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000207923 336__ $$aConference Paper/ Presentation
000207923 520__ $$aGrain is the primary commodity transported on the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers,
comprising about half of the tonnage on the upper Mississippi and 40 percent of the
Illinois River traffic. It is estimated these rivers annually originate about 36 million
metric tons of corn and soybeans that are primarily destined for export at lower
Mississippi River ports. Spatial models representing the international grain economy are
developed to estimate the annual contribution of the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
to Midwest grain producer revenues and evaluate alternate grain routing necessitated by a
catastrophic event at Lock and Dam 27 near St. Louis, a facility grain must pass on its
route to lower Mississippi River ports. The analysis suggests the annual value of the
upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers for grain transport ranges from $233 to $799 million
but based on the most likely scenario to range from $312 to $549 million. The
catastrophic analyses examined the value of alternate routings and corridors given a
violent event at Lock and Dam 27 and results show the segment of the Mississippi River
immediately below St. Louis to be an attractive routing for grain from Illinois, Iowa, and
Minnesota given closure of these rivers. Also of great importance as alternate routings
was rail transportation on the Corn Belt to Gulf corridor, and grain shipments via the
Ohio River and Great Lakes. The upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers are important
transport arteries for the Midwest grain economy and their value and the value of
alternate grain transport corridors and routings is greatly dependent on pricing decisions
by competing railroads.
000207923 650__ $$aProduction Economics
000207923 650__ $$aProductivity Analysis
000207923 650__ $$aResource/Energy Economics and Policy
000207923 700__ $$aKruse, John
000207923 700__ $$aFellin, Luis
000207923 700__ $$aFuller, Stephen
000207923 700__ $$aWomack, Abner
000207923 773__ $$d2007
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