Agriculture is among the top three supply chains viewed as critical to the nation. As one of the largest consumers of freight transportation, efficient transportation of agricultural products via the national freight infrastructure is vital to a U.S. food supply, as well as to U.S. competitiveness in agricultural export markets. In addition, with increasing demand for local food products in the U.S. in recent years, the need to and complexity of supporting local and regional food delivery systems has increased significantly.
Quetica works with state departments of transportation, as well as agricultural producers, to identify constraints in the freight network and identify the highest value, multi-modal investments, in order to reduce agriculture transportation costs and increase competitiveness.
