Dej sib txuas pab enrich Minnesota producers hauv ob txoj kev.
Ua ntej tshaj, muaj ib lub nroog chaw nres nkoj xws li neeg dawb Huv Paul tshaj 1,300 mais inland muab tseem ceeb li cas rau heartland agricultural producers. Peb lub neej davhlau ya nyob twg — Barge Terminals 1 thiab 2, Southport thiab liab pob zeb — yog ib qhov tseem ceeb heev nyob rau hauv ib sophisticated tseeb Intermodal Freight transportation System. Ntxiv mus, Minnesota tus inland dej thauj kev lag luam ncaj qha generated 175,000 hauj lwm thiab ntau tshaj $4 vam nyob rau hauv cov se rau tsoom fwv teb chaws thiab lub xeev governments.
Nyob rau hauv Minnesota, agriculture thiab nws hais txog industries tam sim no ua hauj lwm ib tug ntawm txhua plaub tug neeg ua hauj lwm thiab yog lub luag hauj lwm ze li ntawm 20 feem pua ntawm tag nrho cov khoom tag nrho. Dej shipping muab ib txoj kev npaum li cas ntawm tej npas thauj. Yog hais tias lub rail lawv yuav tsum tsiv mus nyob tag nrho cov grain thiab roj noob uas yog thauj rau lub Mississippi river lawv nyob rau hauv ib xyoos, ib qho ntxiv 122,000 rail tsheb thiab tshaj 1,000 locomotives yuav tsum tau.
