Date: January, 2009
Abstract: The world of agribusiness is rapidly changing. Increasing demands to produce more food, feed and fuel than ever before, plus the growth of noncommercial investment in commodity markets, pushed global commodity prices to all-time highs in the first half of 2008.Turbulence in the financial markets in the second half of 2008 has reversed this escalation in commodity prices and caused great uncertainty with respect to the future. Slowing global demand as a result of the financial crisis has not only...
Research Type: North American Outlook