OAK BROOK, Ill., July 24 /EMWPresswire/ -- Farm Foundation

will host a free webinar on July 30 to provide additional information and

insights on the recently released report, What's Driving Food Prices?. Farm

Foundation commissioned the report to provide a comprehensive, objective

assessment of the forces driving food prices.



    Released yesterday at the Farm Foundation Forum, the report discusses

key drivers, including commodity supply and demand shocks, exchange rates

and biofuels. The webinar will feature a panel discussion and opportunity

for questions with the report's authors: Philip Abbott, Christopher Hurt

and Wallace Tyner, all professors of economics at Purdue University. The

discussion will be moderated by Joy Parr Drach from Entira.



    The 90-minute webinar will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT on

Wednesday, July 30. Please register at http://www.farmfoundation.org .



    Farm Foundation works as a catalyst for sound public policy by

providing objective information to foster a deeper understanding of issues

shaping the future for agriculture, food systems and rural regions. Farm

Foundation has a 75-year history of objectivity. It does not lobby or

advocate.