Statistical Cost Analysis of the Existing North Dakota Country Elevator Industry

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• Creators:
  Chase, Craig A ; Helgeson, Delmer L ; Shaffer, Terry L
• Corporate Creators:
  North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo). Dept. of Agricultural Economics ; North Dakota State University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Costs
  • Economic efficiency
  • Freight transportation
  • Grain elevators
  • Location
  • Statistical analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UGPTI Publication No. 43
• Resource Type:
  Statistical Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  North Dakota ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this study was to analyze the cost characteristics of the existing country elevator industry. Characteristics such as size of elevator, age and type of construction, location, facility utilization, and type of merchandising activities were analyzed. Specific objectives were to: 1) determine the average total, fixed and variable handling costs of a sample of existing facilities during the period 1978-79; 2) identify model(s) used to analyze the relationships between average total and average variable costs and the above characteristics; 3) review facility utilization rates--determining relative efficiency and existence of econ001ies of size of the industry during the 1978-79 ) period; and 4) use results as inputs into other sections of the overall grain merchandising study.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60727/dot_60727_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.75 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2a14a4a113f4edd1ca8b3aed5e8bfaca01b045fd412ac75f36dbe0f048ac7d1f