At Purdue University, Maribeth Cousin, professor of food microbiology, is working on a rapid method for detecting molds in raw agricultural commodities. Current tests take five to 10 days; her method ...

Some experts say these raw materials should make up at least ... or depreciation in perishable agricultural commodities, are often responsible for this upward-sloping price curve, which tends ...

Commodities are tangible assets of raw materials or agricultural products that can be bought and sold in standardized quantities. Commodities range from precious metals to energy resources like ...

a key gauge of raw material prices ended up being close to an average year for performance. The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index — which tracks 24 energy, metal and agricultural contracts — rose ...

is swiftly displacing the attitude of producing raw agricultural commodities and then selling. The policy think tank notes that economic transformation can be achieved by incorporating value ...