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What Drives Commodity Prices More: Oil Demand or Supply Shocks?
Mutuc, Maria; Pan, Suwen; Hudson, Darren - 2010
This paper shows that the response of agricultural commodity prices in the U.S. related to fluctuations in oil prices in the international market may differ greatly depending on whether the increase is driven by demand or supply shocks in the crude oil market. In the long-run, around 2-7 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446084
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Cost Efficiency In U.S. Corn, Soybean, Wheat, and Cotton Production
Cooke, Stephen C. - Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, … - 1991
Iowa in corn, central Illinois in soybeans, the Washington Palouse and central North Dakota in wheat, and southern … California in cotton relative to the other selected regions in the study. Scale economies exist in corn, soybean and wheat but …Between 1974 and 1983, intertemporal cost efficiency for u.s. field crops increased about 1.4 to 1.2% percent for corn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909983
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Price Determination for Corn and Wheat: The Role of Market Factors and Government Programs
Westcott, Paul C.; Hoffman, Linwood A. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1999
Annual models for U.S. farm prices for corn and wheat are developed based on market factors as well as government … role of agricultural policies, particularly government price support and stockholding programs. For wheat, international … market effects as well as wheat feed use and related crosscommodity pricing considerations also are included. Model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005070284
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What Drives Commodity Prices More: Oil Demand or Supply Shocks?
Mutuc, Maria Erlinda M.; Pan, Suwen; Hudson, Darren - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
This paper shows that the response of agricultural commodity prices in the U.S. related to fluctuations in oil prices in the international market may differ greatly depending on whether the increase is driven by demand or supply shocks in the crude oil market. In the long-run, around 2-7 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020296
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Food before Biodiesel Fuel?
Hao, Na; Colson, Gregory; Karali, Berna; Wetzstein, … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
Biodiesel has recently drawn attention because of its potential to make an important contribution to national energy security and the environment. However, the rapid growth of biodiesel has raised concerns about biodiesel’s impact on the price level and volatility of agricultural commodities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010915014
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Drought, Biofuel, and Livestock
Hao, Na; Seong, Byeongchan; Park, Cheolwoo; Colson, Gregory - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916125
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A Mixed Pace of Corn and Soybean Consumption
Good, Darrel - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, …
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Storing the 2014 Corn Crop
Good, Darrel - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, …
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USDA Reports Provide Some Surprises, Particularly for Corn
Good, Darrel - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, …
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Crop Insurance Revenue Guarantees Likely Lower in 2015
Schnitkey, Gary - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, …
Next year, crop insurance guarantees likely will be lower than those for recent years. As a result, farmers will face more downside revenue risks. Revenue guarantees for crop insurance products will be below total costs of production
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