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Why Have Food Commodity Prices Risen Again?

  • by Ronald Trostle, Daniel Marti, Stacey Rosen and Paul Westcott
  • 6/28/2011
  • WRS-1103

Overview

The report describes the factors that have contributed to the large and rapid increase in agricultural prices during the past year. The report focuses particularly on food commodity prices-which have risen 60 percent since June 2010.

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