tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153524221365325595.post1505632267804314197..comments2012-02-16T12:26:45.607-08:00Comments on Stephen P's Research Group: 1835 Wheat prices in colour!Stephen Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756127447856535731noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153524221365325595.post-3117928202648175852012-02-15T09:17:30.514-08:002012-02-15T09:17:30.514-08:00Thanks Malcolm---this contrast is exactly what you...Thanks Malcolm---this contrast is exactly what you would expect. In the 1830s the Corn Laws restricted wheat imports, and the country had to be self-reliant in wheat. So demand in one place had to be satisfied by carting wheat from another place. Therefore the transport costs had to be added. Nowadays transport costs are tiny, and there is a relatively open market.Stephen Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756127447856535731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153524221365325595.post-54619154760068445922012-02-08T20:04:40.743-08:002012-02-08T20:04:40.743-08:00Quite a contrast with what I'm finding on whea...Quite a contrast with what I'm finding on wheat production in England at present, where lucrative places include Norfolk down to Kent, and North Yorkshire down to CambridgeshireMalcolm V Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126268490488546890noreply@blogger.com