This is a summary of Staff Report #17-SR 111, “Analysis of Grain Basis Behavior during Transportation Disruptions and Development of Weekly Grain Basis Indicators for the USDA Grain Transportation Report” by Chad Hart (Department of Economics, Iowa State University) and Frayne Olson (Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University). This paper received funding from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) through cooperative agreement number 14-TMXXX-IA-0028. The opinions and conclusions expressed are the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of USDA or AMS. Here is the full report (pdf)
Analysis of Grain Basis Behavior during Transportation Disruptions (Summary) (pdf)
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