In 2008, wheat futures prices spiked and then crashed along with prices for other agricultural and nonagricultural commodities. Market observers offered several theories to explain this common movement, or comovement, in prices, and have proposed policies to address the perceived problem of...

This study estimates shortrun and longrun elasticities for agricultural inputs, along with elasticities of substitution, using a theoretically consistent restricted profit function and a series of decomposition equations. The model is also disaggregated on the input side, uses a flexible...

Although healthy foods can be affordable, if less healthy foods are cheaper, individuals may have an economic incentive to consume a less healthful diet. Using the Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database, we explore whether a select set of healthy foods (whole grains, dark green vegetables, orange...

U.S. agricultural exports rose slightly during the first 5 months of FY 1990, climbing 4 percent to $18 billion....More than 18 percent of the value of U.S. agricultural production was exported in FY 1989, up from. 16 percent the previous year and the highest total in 5 years ••• For the...

U.S. agricultural exports rose 8 percent in 1989 to $39.9 billion, a $2.9-billion increase, but well below 1988!s $8.4-billion expansion, which was the largest in the 1980's•••• The value of imported agricultural products grew at a rate of 2 percent per year during the 1980's, well below...

This statistical reference presents current and historical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Detailed tables cover commodity and country information for fiscal years 1984 and 1985, including value, quantity, principal .markets £or agricultural exports and imports and exports...

U.S. agricultural exports fell to $16.5 billion (55 million tons) during the ·first 5 months of FY 1991, a decline of $1.4 billion and 14 million tons... Agricultural imports remained at $9.4 ·billion during the first 5 months of FY 1991....USDA allocated $200 million to 47 trade organizations...