The impact of wheat diversity on the productivity of wheat in China is examined using total factor productivity (TFP …) and an instrumental variable approach. TFP in seven key wheat-producing provinces in China shows significant, though … taxonomies of wheat diversity (named varieties and morphological groups) and three measures of diversity. The analysis shows …

This paper investigates factors that impact marketing performance in the Canadian wheat market. Using data provided by … the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) for six crop years, results indicate that producers were not able to profitably use all …

-t-GARCH models through three applications involving forecasts of U.S. soybean, sorghum, and wheat prices. The applications illustrate …

variables. The application is to hard red spring (HRS) wheat, a class of wheat for which these tradeoffs and risks are …

This study applies portfolio theory to wheat varietal selection decisions in order to find risk-minimizing outcomes … while holding historical yields constant. Potential correlation across wheat cultivar yields increases the complexity of …, results suggest that sowing a portfolio of wheat varieties could have lowered yield variance by 22% to 33% in Northwest Mexico. …

of Trade (KCBT) wheat. Effective bid-ask spreads are estimates of the actual liquidity cost of a round-trip order. Option …

with conventional wheat was compared to a market with both conventional and GM wheat varieties to identify price decreases …