Other Information

• Access to the World,The Corn and Soybean Digest, 2004 - New Washington state terminal built by Ag Processing, Inc., speeds exports to Pacific Rim countries.
• Agricultural Export Transportation Handbook, Ag Marketing Service, USDA, 2004.
• Food, Fuel and Freeways: An Iowa Perspective on How Far Food Travels, Fuel Usage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture (CARD), Iowa State University, 2001.
• Food Miles: Background and Marketing, ATTRA, 2008 - This publication addresses how food miles are calculated.
• Grain Transportation Prospects - This report provides a periodic assessment of the current grain transportation situation and prospects for near term grain transportation demand. It is intended to help railroads, producers, shipper and receivers anticipate changes in transportation supply and demand.
• Grain Transportation Report, Ag Marketing Service, USDA – This weekly report provides information on rail carloadings, rail deliveries to ports, ocean grain freight rates and numbers of vessels in port, as well as the quantity of grain exported.
• Interstate Livestock Movements, Economic Research Service, USDA, 2003 - This article reviews interstate shipping patterns of cattle, sheep and hogs across the United States.
• Ocean Rate Bulletin, Ag Marketing Service, USDA - This quarterly publication tracks high-value, containerized ag shipments to various Asian and European markets.
• Rural and Agricultural Transportation: Data & Information Resources, National Transportation Library - This Web site links to statistics and documents related to the transportation of grain and other farm commodities.
• Transportation Security Evaluation & Planning for Farmers, Ranchers & Production Agricultural Operations, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey.
  

• American Association of Railroads - Represents the major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
• Agriculture Ocean Transportation Coalition - A coalition with the objective of effecting Shipping Act reform to allow U.S. agricultural exporters to be more competitive in the international market.
• Pacific Economic Cooperation Council - This council creates the Pacific Food System Outlook, which is the first region-wide coordinated effort to provide an outlook for the Pacific food system.
• Transportation Research Board of the National Academies - This board promotes innovation and progress in transportation through research. It offers extensive resources online.
• Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University - The institute educates people, conducts research and provides outreach in the areas of small urban and rural transportation and logistics to enhance the mobility of people, goods and agricultural commodities.

Links checked May 2008.