The Iowa Grain Flow Survey: Where and How Iowa Grain producers and Country Elevators Ship Corn and Soybeans prepared by C. Phillip Baumel, September 1996

(1996) The Iowa Grain Flow Survey: Where and How Iowa Grain producers and Country Elevators Ship Corn and Soybeans prepared by C. Phillip Baumel, September 1996. Transportation, Department of

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Abstract

Iowa is a major producer of com and soybeans. In 1994, Iowa was the largest producer of com in the United States, producing 1.93 billion bushels or 19.1 percent of the total U.S. production. Iowa also was the largest producer of soybeans in the United States, producing 443 million bushels or 17.3 percent of the total U.S. production. There is little public information on the quantities of com and soybeans shipped from Iowa to various markets or on the modes of transport to ship them. Moreover, there is no information on the quantities of corn and soybeans shipped by producers to various markets or the types of vehicles used to haul them. To provide information on these flows, Iowa State University, the Iowa Department of Transportation, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and the Iowa Agricultural Statistics Service cooperatively conducted two grain flow surveys.