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Price dynamics refer to the patterns, processes, and mechanisms through which prices change over time in response to variations in market conditions, supply and demand factors, production conditions, information flows, and institutional influences. In agricultural contexts, price dynamics describe the temporal evolution of agricultural commodity prices, including price fluctuations, volatility, adjustment processes, and price transmission across different stages, locations, and market levels within agricultural systems ^[1]. These dynamics reflect that agricultural prices are not static outcomes but continuously adjust through interactions among production cycles, inventories, market expectations, trade conditions, and external shocks ^[2]. Unlike simple price measurement, which captures price levels at a specific point in time, price dynamics focus on the movement, persistence, and adjustment mechanisms underlying price changes ^[3]. Within agricultural economics and policy analysis, price dynamics provide a framework for examining market integration, price transmission, volatility behavior, and the relationship between agricultural markets and broader economic conditions ^[4].