No simple solutions: Paying for infrastructure to move the nation's cargo

The next time you bite into a piece of fruit, grill a steak, or spoon into a carton of yogurt, consider how the item got from the farm to your home – and who paid for the trip. Let’s take a broad look at how the country finances the highways, runways, railroads, ports and river navigation structures, and who pays for the trucks, rail cars, ships and barges that move the nation’s cargo. The answer is that we all pay, but in much more varied ways even than the country’s assorted transport modes themselves. Read more at Agri-Pulse…