Importance of Keeping Risk in Check ; Euryn Jones, the National Agricultural Specialist at Barclays Bank, Looks at Risk Taking

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When I studied Agricultural Economics many years ago I remember being told that prices of agricultural commodities were "inherently volatile".

The explanation was that the supply of agricultural commodities can be quite variable given its dependence on the weather and farmers' response to market signals.

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Importance of Keeping Risk in Check ; Euryn Jones, the National Agricultural Specialist at Barclays Bank, Looks at Risk Taking

Demand for agricultural produce on the other hand tends to be "inelastic".

This means that people tend to demand broadly the same a...

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