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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Labor Department forecasts that truck drivers will account for 43 percent of the growth in logistics jobs in the coming years. In comparison, railroads are in a much better position regarding infrastructure, equipment and personnel. Subsequently, the U.S. This is a result of the industry’s $13 billion in capital spending in 2012, a 16.1

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock. 16,416 miles of state and U.S.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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The Kansas City Animal Health Corridor is home to more than 300 animal health companies that account for 56 percent of worldwide animal health, diagnostics and pet food sales. The state also ranks in the top 10 in railroad miles, which helps facilitate second day freight delivery to every area of the continental U.S. at 12,800 feet.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

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Domestic travelers accounted for $933 billion of the 2018 total (86 percent of the total travel expenditures). Most of that acreage supports the 24 local dairies that account for 85 percent of Nevada’s dairy farms and provide milk to the Dairy Farmers of America whole milk powder plant. Photo: Visit Henderson). billion in tax revenues.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The campus will more than double the size of Apple’s workforce in Texas over the next decade, supporting the company’s growing operations in the Americas with expanded customer support, sales and accounting functions for the region. For companies requiring rail, Greenville can be accessed by virtually every major railroad line.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. DuPage County is accessible to the 52 railroads in Illinois, which makes the area the nation’s largest rail gateway, providing access to every state in the continental U.S. This region is the only U.S. 50 percent of all U.S. million tons).

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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billion in 2014, accounting for 12.1 Located on the lower Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the Port of South Louisiana, Grantee FTZ 124, is a multi-modal port with deep water access, three trunk line railroads, easy access to Interstates and major highways and the Port’s Executive Regional Airport.

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