I have been playing around with the new version of Mathematica, and you can access all kinds of data through the WolframAlpha command. I simply typed "=corn prices" and a graph popped up, and by clicking on the graph you are able to grab the underlying data (they give you the commands if you click on the series),
I grabbed the frozen corn series, and plotted it. What happened in 1995?
Nothing showed up on Google, so I think it may be a break in the data series. This reminds us of an important lesson: always ask where the data come from, how it was collected, and exactly what it shows
I grabbed the frozen corn series, and plotted it. What happened in 1995?
Nothing showed up on Google, so I think it may be a break in the data series. This reminds us of an important lesson: always ask where the data come from, how it was collected, and exactly what it shows
Midwestern drought, rising foreign demand for US grains drove up corn prices in 1995-96; Reference:http://www.bls.gov/mlr/1998/08/art1full.pdf
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