A transportation acquisition model for corn
Date Issued
November 1, 1963
Author(s)
Robertson, Joe Kenneth
Advisor(s)
Cecil E. Fuller
Additional Advisor(s)
Stanton P. Parry
A. J. Garbarino
Lewis Copeland
Abstract
The objectives of this thesis were:
1. To describe the movements of feed grains in Tennessee, 1959 and 1960.
2. To determine the cost of transporting corn into Tennessee from external supply centers, by method of carriage.
3. To relate these costs to the spatial arrangements of points of external origin and internal destination.
4. Construction of a least cost transportation model for corn, using price and transportation cost differentials.
Degree
Master of Science
Major
Agricultural Economics
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