The effect of the United States (US) sugar program on sugar-using firm profitability from 2000 to 2017 is examined using firm financial data and the relative US-to-world sugar price ratio. Return on assets and market-to-book ratio proxy for firm financial performance. The regression results...

Recent advances in precision agriculture technology have increased the potential to capture near-real time data such as planting and yield information. It is well established that information on crop acreage and yield can have value in commodity markets. That is why the USDA conducts farm...