Farmers rely on the nation's roads and bridges more than ever to
transport grain, livestock and other goods. But America's infrastructure is
decaying and will cost billions to fix. Unfortunately, there are no simple
solutions.
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More and more farmers rely on semi-trucks for their operations,
putting more demands on rural roads not really built to handle such heavy
weights on a regular basis.
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Following Hurricane Gustav, the Environmental Protection Agency
granted waivers for air-quality standards for vehicle fuels to parts of
Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Louisiana to ensure adequate supplies of
fuel.
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The 1997 feed regulations to prevent mad cow disease have cost an
estimated $900 million, according to USDA's Economic Research Service. The
costs though are only a fraction of lost export business due to import bans
which the USDA estimates between $3.2 billion and $4.7 billion.
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Informa boosted both corn and soybean production estimates from
USDA's predictions in August.
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