Grain hauling railroads began offering shipping alternatives in the late 1980s that have made transportation decisions more strategic. Shippers now confront alternatives ranging from nearby and unguaranteed ordering to various durations of forward and guaranteed shipment. A dynamic stochastic...

Increased concerns over the quality of wheat in domestic and export markets has focused attention on the consistency of wheat quality. This study utilized three measures to examine the effect of variability in characteristics on the milling value of wheat. Distributions and correlations for...

This report evaluates the U.S. carrot market using a quadratic programming algorithm. North Dakota ships carrots locally and to Minnesota under both the base and 1,000 acre scenarios. North Dakota starts to ship carrots to Illinois as it produces more under other alternative scenarios. This...

This report represents a continuation in the study of market development for hard red spring and durum wheat. A comparative analysis of United States and Canadian wheat grade standards was made to alert North Dakota wheat producers to recent changes in Canadian wheat grades and standards and to...

This report classifies potential value-added product groups, identifies potential market opportunities and identifies potential production development opportunities in the Northern Great Plains. The use of informal public/private alliances is featured as a powerful and successful tool in...

Futures markets as a tool for risk management have become increasingly important in recent years. The effectiveness of hedging in the U.S. wheat futures market is evaluated in this study.