It is commonly asserted that speculative buying by index funds in commodity futures and overâ …€“the–counter derivatives markets created a ‘‘bubble’’ in commodity prices, with the result that prices, and crude oil prices, in … conceptually flawed and reflect fundamental and basic misunderstandings of how commodity futures markets actually work. Second, a …

The first decade of the 21st century has perhaps witnessed more structural change in commodity futures markets than all … of the structural changes in commodity futures markets over the last decade have been minimal. In particular, there is … little evidence that passive index investment caused a massive bubble in commodity futures prices. There is intriguing …

programs. This study investigates the potential returns to product research, development, and marketing in a dynamic commodity-market …Considerable evidence exists of high returns to public and private investment in commodity research and development …

a larger role to the private sector, but the relative roles of market-oriented versus government-oriented solutions to …

This paper briefly outlines a topology of small farms and then considers the role of the government versus the market … in key public policies such as commodity income support, environment, stability, research, and rural development. A …

marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas is about equal to the market if a 24- or 20-month market benchmark … harvest benchmark is used. The sensitivity of marketing performance to the market benchmark considered is explained by the …The purpose of this paper is to analyze the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas over 1982â …

regarding expected slaughter timings and improve fed cattle price forecasts and marketing strategies. Private data were …