Iowa's Grain-Elevator Industry factors Affecting its Organization and Structural Adjustment, May 1973

(1973) Iowa's Grain-Elevator Industry factors Affecting its Organization and Structural Adjustment, May 1973. Iowa State University

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Abstract

This study analyzes, as an over-all objective, the relative magnitude of these opposing cost factors and investigates adjustments in size and location of elevators needed to reduce costs under present and projected levels of grain marketings. The size, number, location, and operation of grain-storage facilities are of primary importance in determining the costs of marketing grain. Transportation· costs and charges for handling grain in fixed facilities account for a large proportion of marketing costs. The costs of_ moving grain from farms and of conditioning, handling, and storing grain at elevators are the focus of this study.