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

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As an agricultural leader, the state offers affordable access to plentiful amounts of the raw materials needed to produce biofuels. THE KANSAS CITY ANIMAL HEALTH CORRIDOR KEEPS EXPANDING. THE KANSAS CITY ANIMAL HEALTH CORRIDOR KEEPS EXPANDING. Bioscience is yet another emerging industry in Kansas.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway are among those serving the state and provide transportation of raw materials and finished products throughout the nation. Rail access is provided by both the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Union Pacific (UP) railroads, as well as several short-line railroads.

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

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. population.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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The food processing industry works to convert raw materials, such as grains, dairy products and meats, to processed food. The time it would take to cook a meal consisting only of raw materials would be much too long for the busy lives of most Americans. YOUNGSTOWN-WARREN: RAW MATERIALS ABOUND.

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

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DuPage County is in close proximity to North America’s largest inland port, the Centerpoint Intermodal Center, which provides direct access to the BNSF logistics park and the Union Pacific Joliet Intermodal Terminal. The freeway provides a benefit to GPC, both for receiving raw materials and for shipping finished product.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The location on I-20, rail served by Union Pacific and Foreign Trade Zone #165 makes Midland a prime location for distribution and manufacturing. Direct service is provided by Kansas City Southern, with connecting service provided by RailAmerica/DGNO and short-line carrier Blacklands Railroad.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Nine miles of rail, able to accommodate up to 250 railcars with rail served by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern. The FTZ can reduce or eliminate the duty on many imported and exported goods and materials. 20-acre reinforced concrete lay-down yard.

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