This 2008 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...

As food and energy commodity prices surged in late 2007 and most of 2008, there was a renewed interest in updated estimates of the impact of these increases on retail food prices. The drop in commodity prices (September 2008- March 2009) leads to the same set of questions in the opposite...

This analysis employed retail scanner data to investigate the demand for fluid mild differentiated by fat content. All own-price elasticities were significant and negative. Demand for low-fat milk was elastic, while demand for whole milk was inelastic. This article addresses the use of milk as a...

The hybrid rice technology is one of the many ways in which productivity of scarce resources devoted to rice production could be enhanced, with the consequent alleviation of food insecurity. The findings of this study show that the hybrid rice technology has so far made some sizable...

2010 AAEA Presidential Address; forthcoming in January 2011 AJAE in shortened version.