crude oil shipments are associated with substantially larger spreads between wheat prices at regional elevators and in … associated with small increases in rail rates but large increases in rail car auction prices. We document increases in wheat … prices paid to farmers, suggesting consumers rather than producers paid the cost of increased rail congestion …

feedstocks). U.S. corn-ethanol policies are used as an example to study the effects on corn prices. We determine the ‘no policy … increases in corn prices – an estimated increase of 33 – 46.5% in the period 2008-2011 …

The objective of this article is to provide an analysis of the relationship existing between cereal prices and several … variable that affects cereal prices. Exports, in some ways connected to the former variable, occupy second place, in term of … significance. However, their impact on cereal prices is less relevant than that of biofuel production. Population growth does not …

finds that rising food prices for rice, millet and sorghum, corn, as well as wheat and bread could together lead to a …"Concerns have been raised about the impact of rising food prices worldwide on the poor. To assess the (short term …) impact of rising food prices in any particular country it is necessary to look at both the impact on food producers (who …

volatility of prices in the international market and evaluate its effect on the conditional volatility of prices in the domestic …, almost half of rice markets tested, and all wheat markets tested. Volatility transmission seems to be more common when trade …