this trend was disrupted by the agricultural price spikes of and to a lesser extent owing to a variety of factors including major droughts bioenergy policies and price increases for agricultural inputs the oecdfao agricultural outlook projects that prices for crops and livestock will remain at high levels for the next decade oecdfao the prices of grains are expected to remain near their levels but the prices of oil seeds may increase towards owing to increased demand in the food and energy sectors as a result of increasing demand for meat the price of livestock will also be pushed upwards