Quality Level and Price in Turkish Durum Wheat Market

Hedonic price analysis of the quality characteristics of Anatolian hard red wheat

“…The studies at the national level focus on the quality of wheat, and the studies on the market value of the quality characteristics of wheat are rare. Fidan (2004) found that among the quality characteristics, the hectolitre weight and vitreousness were the major factors determining the price of durum wheat in the wheat market of Turkey, whereas (Karaman et al 2009) found that the hectolitre weight and the sedimentation values were the major determinants of the price of bread wheat. Although the results of studies on this subject in the international literature differ, the protein content seems to be the common and most important characteristic quality in the determination of wheat prices (Veeman 1987;Mercier 1993;Uri and Hyberg 1996).…”