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An Analysis of Produce Transportation: A Florida Case Study

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  • Beilock, Richard
  • MacDonald, James
  • Powers, Nicholas

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Truck transportation rates, which constitute nearly one-third of the price retailers pay for produce delivered to their door, were found to be most influenced by seasonal changes in volume, commodity value and perishability, destination, distance, and trailer size. This report, based mainly on a survey collected from carriers hauling produce out of Florida to national markets, looks at the structure and characteristics of Florida's produce shipping system. Florida, as the Nation's number two produce supplier, is an important enough supplier that findings probably also apply to other major U.S. produce transport systems. Data presented in this report fill an information void because regulatory agencies no longer collect trucking industry statistics.

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  • Beilock, Richard & MacDonald, James & Powers, Nicholas, 1988. "An Analysis of Produce Transportation: A Florida Case Study," Agricultural Economic Reports 308048, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:308048
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.308048
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    1. Sergio R. Jara-Diaz, 1982. "Transportation Product, Transportation Function and Cost Functions," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 16(4), pages 522-539, November.
    2. Beilock, Richard P. & Stegelin, Forrest E. & Freeman, James, 1982. "The Agricultural Truck Brokers' Perspective Of Florida'S Motor Carrier Deregulation," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 13(3), pages 1-5, September.
    3. Beilock, Richard P. & Koburger, John H. & Morgan, Jeffrey P., 1984. "Explaining Truck Rate Variations for Produce Shipped to the Northeast," Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 0(Number 1), pages 1-8, April.
    4. Richard Beilock & Richard L. Kilmer, 1986. "The Determinants of Full-Empty Truck Movements," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 68(1), pages 67-76.
    5. Beilock, Richard P. & Koburger, John H. & Morgan, Jeffrey P., 1984. "Explaining Truck Rate Variations for Produce Shipped to the Northeast," Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, April.
    6. Richard Beilock, 1985. "Is Regulation Necessary for Value-of-Service Pricing?," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 16(1), pages 93-102, Spring.
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    1. Beilock, Richard P. & Delciello, James, 2003. "Refrigerated Trucking In The Information Age," 2003 Annual Meeting, February 1-5, 2003, Mobile, Alabama 35019, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    2. Beilock, Richard & Ciello, James D., 2004. "Refrigerated Trucking Revisited," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 43(1).

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