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Impacts of Fuel Costs, Distance-To-Market, and Equipment Utilization on Relative Costs of Trailer-On-Flatcar and Truck Transportation for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in the South

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Richard Beilock  and
Forrest Stegelin
Richard Beilock
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
Forrest Stegelin
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
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Throughout the principal fresh fruit and vegetable (FFV) growing areas in southeastern and southwestern states, trucking is the dominant mode for transporting fresh produce to the northeast and upper Midwest. The dramatic shift to trucks in the last 30 years has virtually displaced the railroads from FFV transportation.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , December 1982 , pp. 111 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1982

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