Rising pressure on sugar prices was intensified by supply disruptions in 2009, driving prices to double the long-term average. Higher production costs and growing ethanol use in Brazil set the stage for higher prices, but policy-induced production swings among Asian countries are the main source...

This analysis shows that there could be net gains to the US wheat industry if all US export wheat were to be cleaned to a dockage level between 0.35 and 0.40%. These results are based on interviews with major importers of US wheat, and a model of world wheat trade. Larger benefits to the US...