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Mar 2017
AMIS Research Paper No. 6 aims at identifying thresholds that are associated with the transition between different levels of price volatility. To this end, the study surveys a host of factors related to price dynamics of food crops, and tries to isolate relevant determinants of volatility transition and to discover their change points using a statistical estimation and variable selection algorithm termed component-wise gradient boosting.
Mar 2017
This is a non-technical summary of AMIS Research Paper No. 6, which analyses thresholds associated with transitions between different levels of price volatility. 
Mar 2016
One of the original goals of the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) was to develop a set of early warning global market indicators which could alert AMIS members to detect [...]
Sep 2015
This presentation explains the logic behind some of the technical charts that are published in the AMIS Market Monitor. Specifically, it describes the Commitments of Traders charts that visualize the volume [...]
Feb 2014
Over the past ten years, the increase in ethanol production in the United States has changed market dynamics in maize and related grain markets, which may impact prices and availability [...]