Peb nyuam qhuav zaum nrog Ben Doane, barge freight merchandiser, CHS, tham txog li cas tseem ceeb shipping yog rau qhov kev lag luam agriculture thiab peb lub teb chaws tus economy. Peb kawm yog tias 60 feem pua ntawm tag nrho cov exports exports yog qhia los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas Gulf Corridor. Raws li Doane piav txog, "Tus dej Mississippi river yog qhov txuas rau saw hlau uas connects hauv zos growers rau lub ntiaj teb no marketplace."

Nws ntxiv, "tus dej lawv nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas consists ntawm 12,000 mais ntawm waterways, spanning 38 lub xeev. Barge exports equate rau $250 kuj nyob rau hauv cov nyiaj thoob teb chaws no." Lub Xeev Minnesota ranks #4 nyob hauv lub teb chaws rau agricultural exports. Grains xws li soybeans, pob kws, pub thiab nplej, nyiaj rau $539 vam nyob rau hauv ib xyoos twg muag khoom thiab $381.7 vam txog lub xeev tag nrho cov khoom (GSP). Tau qhov twg los: Tus nqi ntawm txoj kev tshawb no Trade, 2014, U.S. Grains sawv daws.

Ua liaj ua teb-rau-rooj Logistics

Producers uas txuas rau lub ntiaj teb no lag luam ntawm tus dej thauj lawv grains los ntawm tsheb loj rau ib tug dej davhlau ya nyob twg. Neeg dawb Huv Paul yog tus northernmost chaw nres nkoj ntawm tus dej Mississippi dej, ua nws ib lo lus uas peb lo lus uas peb rau ob lub zos growers thiab cov north of lub zos ntxaib. Thaum lub davhlau ya nyob twg, grains yog transloaded ntawm tsheb loj mus barge thiab xa downstream rau New Orleans. Barges ces kis rau oceangoing hlab ntsha thiab xa mus rau lawv destinations kawg destinations. Npas yog tauj rau lub teb chaws kom deb li deb Suav teb, Colombia, Nyiajpoom teb thiab kaus lim qab teb.

Tus Economics ntawm dej Shipping

Ntxiv rau qhib qhov rooj rau lub ntiaj teb no marketplace, dej shipping muaj cov nqi zoo tshaj plaws los thauj grains. Raws li Lee Nelson, tsoom txoov, Upper River Services, piav txog, "nws yog ib qho teeb meem ntawm friction. Barges rau dej tsim tsawg dua u rau tracks thiab semi-truck rau txoj kev loj. Vim li ntawd, lawv siv ho tsawg roj, emit ho tsawg dua emissions thiab raug nqi lub shipper ho tsawg dua."

Yog hais tias cov tswv num tsis tau mus saib tau tus dej, qhov txheeb xyuas tau yuav loj heev. Cov producers hauv zos producers yuav poob lawv muaj peev xwm nqe sis tw nyob rau hauv lub lag luam txawv teb chaws, limiting lawv muag khoom rau kev ciaj uas muag. Tsis tas li, rail thiab ib lub tsheb loj truck yuav soar, ua rau theem ntawm congestion thiab emissions.

Ib yam coj mus xav

"Ua ib tug neeg nyob hauv lub ntxaib ntxaib lub zos, Lub sij hawm tom ntej koj tsav hla tus choj ntawm tus dej Mississippi river thiab koj pom ib lub nkoj thauj ib barge, nco ntsoov dab tsi yuav nyob ntawd barge thiab li cas tseem ceeb qhov khoom yog rau lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas Economy ntawd txuas producers thiab tau txais kev pab rau lub ntiaj teb no lag luam." CHS

Tau qhov twg los:

https://www.mda.state.mn.us/food/business/~/media/Files/food/business/economics/agexportprofile.ashx

http://www.mncorn.org/2016/11/01/marketing-mn-farm-products-world/