Analysis of eleven biofuel policy options prepared in response to a request from five Members of Congress.

Briefing paper requested by Senator Bond detailing the conclusions from the Mississippi River research to date.

John Kruse and Seth Meyer. This report presents a background of diesel consumption and soy-diesel production in Missouri. Two possible profitability scenarios are presented which assume alternative combinations of bio-diesel and soybean oil prices with three possible alternatives related to...

This report estimates the effects of public policy options and external conditions on ethanol and agricultural commodity markets, farm income and government costs.

This in-depth study for the Illinois Chamber of Commerce determines the economic impact of lock failures on the Illinois and Upper Mississippi Rivers.

This paper analyzes the food price surge of 2005 to 2008 in order to better understand the factors causing higher and more volatile food prices during this period, to ascertain the relative importance and possible persistence of the different factors, and to suggest possible implications for...